Efforts to strengthen faculty involvement in international programs that were undertaken by Cook College, the agricultural and environmental unit of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, are discussed. Reasons for international program activities are identified, including program enrichment, the self-interest of the university, and humanitarianism. The University established an ad hoc committee on international education that assessed needs, defined goals, and initiated actions to make international education an integral part of the schools' institutional mission. Recommendations included increasing enrollment of foreign students, and expanding students' awareness of career opportunities in the international domain. In 1984 a permanent collegewide committee on international agricultural and environmental affairs was constituted to provide guidance and oversight for international initiatives. Twelve new international courses were developed and cross-cultural simulations were a part of the curriculum change. New faculty positions were established, and a policy concerning using tenured faculty for at least half of its overseas positions was negotiated. A process by which to evaluate faculty performance was also developed. (SW)