The Global Aptitude Assessment Model: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

Educational institutions have been charged and challenged to prepare and produce globally competent graduates. Past research has shown that students are not necessarily formally educated and trained to comprehend the full impact of global interconnectedness, nor to make informed decisions with full knowledge and awareness of the global implications. Based on over ten years of rigorous research, the Global Competence Aptitude Assessment (GCAA) instrument asserts the ability to capture an individual’s capacities of global knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences. Employers believe that colleges should be placing more emphasis on several key global learning outcomes in an effort to increase graduates’ potential to be successful and contributing members of today’s global economy.