Facilitating Educational Partnerships
TeamUp featured in NAFSA International Educator article on U.S.-Japan partnerships. Read the article here:
The TeamUp RoadMap
A guide to greater U.S.-Japanese student mobility through strategic academic partnerships
The RoadMap is for anyone interested in what is emerging as a new, dynamic era in partnerships between institutions of higher education in the United States and Japan. It has a specific focus on student mobility, building on the good work already being done to:
- enable more and new kinds of students to travel back and forth
- enhance the experience of students already studying in the other country
- embed such student mobility in bi-national, mutually beneficial, strategic partnerships
The RoadMap serves those already engaged in such collaborations and those just starting out. It guides faculty and administrators through the process of partnership initiation and enhancement by pulling together cutting-edge research, best practices, lessons learned, and exemplary case studies, organized around critical topics. Here you’ll find text, charts, links to resources, worksheets, and sample materials. The RoadMap is organized in sections, which can be approached in any order, depending on your experience and interests.
If your institution is new to U.S.-Japanese Partnerships: The RoadMap sets you on your way with guidance for:
- developing an institutional partnership plan
- understanding the specifics of U.S.-Japanese academic collaboration
- identifying potential partners
- engaging in the conversations that lead to productive collaborations
- formulating agreements that work
- sustaining a partnership over the long run
If your institution is already engaged but ready to move to the next level: The RoadMap steers you through:
- the challenges and opportunities of strategic partnership development
- the road bumps that can make such partnerships difficult, suggesting multiple ways to get past them
- the many exciting new ideas and partnership models that U.S. and Japanese institutions are now setting in motion
TeamUp featured in NAFSA International Educator article on U.S.-Japan partnerships. Read the article here: