ICEC's mission is to act as an internationally recognized support system for 21st Century education. We aim to bridge the education divide and create a ‘clearing house’ of information and interactive tools that can be utilized within the academic community to benefit users in both countries, as well as to update users of key events and activities which may be of interest.
International Academic Partnerships
Twenty-Five Sample Activities
By Susan Buck Sutton, Bryn Mawr College
1. One- or two-way movement of students who take courses or work in laboratories at either institution for short term, one semester, or full year.
2. One- or two-way movement of students who pursue internships or engage in service learning projects at either institution for short term, one semester, or full year.
3. 2+2, 1+2+1, and similar programs in which students at the partner institution take one to three years at their institution and then one to two years at yours, earning degrees at both.
4. Joint or coordinated degrees, enrolling students from both institutions as a unified cohort and requiring coursework at both institutions.
5. Tailored full-semester study abroad programs developed for your students at the partner institution, involving courses and in-country orientation aimed specifically at the visiting students.
6. Tailored short-term study abroad programs developed for your students at the partner institution, which can be stand-alone courses or complements to courses you teach (e.g., alternate spring break experiences).
7. Tailored full-semester or short-term study abroad programs developed at your institution for students from the partner institution.
8. Collaborative teaching in which students and faculty at both institutions are joined in a single virtual classroom through video conferences, email exchanges and web-based platforms, for either whole courses or components of whole courses.
9. Exchange of faculty for purposes of guest teaching, either whole courses or components of whole courses.
10. provision of online, CD-Rom, or DVD courses and/or teaching modules from either institution to the other.
11. one-to-one faculty collaboration (through visits or electronic communication) for purposes of research or applied projects.
12. collaborative research or applied projects that are pursued on a long-term, institutional level by both institutions working in partnership with each other.
13. faculty development activities (e.g., workshops, video conferences, short courses) in which faculty or staff at one institution provide sessions for personnel at the other.
14. institution-building activities (e.g., workshops, site visits, video conferences) in which personnel at one institution assist the other in terms of institutional assessment, faculty development, service learning, pedagogy, research development, accreditation, enrollment management, fund-raising, and similar activities.
15. Video conferences involving faculty and other personnel at both institutions, for the purposes of getting to know one another, developing new projects, and exchanging ideas and information.
16. Video conferences and other electronic communication involving students at both institutions for the purposes of getting to know one another, developing joint student activities, and understanding one another’s Countries.
17. Collaborating on lectures, film series, and performances that spread Knowledge of the partner country at your institution, and/or knowledge of Canada at Indian partner institutions.
18. Jointly sponsored conferences on topics of mutual interest, to be held at either institution.
19. Jointly sponsored publications or publication series on topics of mutual interest.
20. Sharing of library resources, especially those that are digital in nature.