2. models of partnerships

1. U.S.-Central Asia University
Partnerships Program
UniCEN
Webinar Series
Models of International
Partnerships
Grant Chapman
Associate Provost for International
Programs
Kansas State University

2. Goal of this webinar:
to introduce
1) different models (types) of international partnerships
2) case studies on student mobility (exchange), research, curricular and
branch campus partnerships
• Student mobility exchange partnerships at a U.S. public research
university.
• International research collaboration and faculty exchange
• Curricular partnerships dual or joint degrees.
• Structuring branch campus partnerships
• Written assignments and questions

3. About Me
• Associate Provost for International Programs at Kansas
State University
• Former Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Director of International Programs at Webster University
• Former Director of Webster University’s London campus
at Regent’s University, London
• Adjunct Faculty Member – History, Politics and
International Relations at Webster University
• Fulbright - Japan
• Most recent publication – a sub chapter in a book on
Managing an International Admission Office (a NAFSA
publication)
• B.S. Political Science, Oklahoma State University; MA and
JD, St. Louis University
• Enjoy football (soccer), music and theatre

4. Context
• This webinar will concentrate on models or types of
international partnerships
• My direct experience is with two U.S. institutions of
higher education
• Kansas State University is a U.S. public, research one,
land-grant University
• Webster University is a U.S. private, comprehensive
master’s University with international branch campuses

5. Context
Carnegie Classification®
• Divides U.S. institutions into different types
• Doctoral, Master’s, Baccalaureate, Associates, Special Focus, and Tribal
Land-Grant University
• Public
• Established by the Morrill Act of 1862
• Public mission of teaching (learning), research, and outreach (extension or
service)

6. Context
Webster University
• Private
• Established 1915
• Purposeful international mission and
vision – meeting unmet educational
needs of the community
• International Branch Campus network on
four continents
• Comprehensive Master’s classification
• Standard international partnership
agreement – WINS affiliate university
education abroad agreement
Kansas State University
• Public
• Established 1863
• One of the first operational land-grant
universities
• Mission of teaching, research and service
• Doctoral Research One classification
• Standard international partnership
agreements – General MOU, Student
Exchange Agreement, and Research
Collaboration Agreement

7. Outline
1. What are the different types or models of
international partnerships?
2. What types of international exchange (student
mobility) occur at a U.S. public research
university?
3. What are types of international faculty research
collaborations?
4. What are models for curricular partnerships for
dual and joint degrees?
5. How to structure branch campuses?

8. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships:
depends on your internationalization goals
• Starting a conversation about some sort of collaboration
• Exchanging students (student mobility)
• Welcoming students
• Sending out students
• Exchanging faculty/staff (faculty mobility)
• Teaching or instruction
• Research
• Consultation
• Professional Development
• Developing Curriculum or a Program
• Dual degree
• Joint degree
• Consultation
• Research Collaboration
• International Awareness and Reputation

9. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships
• Partnerships can be for a variety of reasons related to your
specific needs and interests
• Partnerships can be bilateral or multilateral
• Partnerships can be with universities, governments, and/or
organizations
• Partnerships can be strategic, holistic and/or specific
• Partnerships can be formal (written agreement) or informal

10. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships:
Examples
• General Memorandum of Understanding
• Student Exchange Agreement
• Education Abroad Agreement
• Special Student Program Agreement
• Faculty/Staff Exchange Agreement
• Research Collaboration Agreement
• Special Faculty/Staff Program Agreement
• Consultation Agreement
• Dual/Joint Degree
• Consortium Agreement
• Public/Private Agreement
• Agreement to operating a Branch Campus (Transnational Education, or TNE)

11. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships:
General Memorandum of Understanding
General Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• Letters of intent to have a relationship
• May mention types of partnership desired (student
exchange, faculty exchange, joint research, consultation,
etc.)
• Signed by senior university official
• Needed for a variety of reasons
• Written formal basis to establish a relationship
• Evidence of start of relationship
• Funding agencies, governments, and University units may want to see the
MOU as evidence of a relationship

12. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships:
Education Abroad and Special Student Program Agreement
Agreements for Education Abroad and/or a Special Student
Program
• Students going outside their country to study, learn, serve, work
(intern), and live
• Education Abroad providers
• Bilateral or Consortium (MAUI, Utrecht Network, Webster’s WIN)
• Hosting or sending students for a special purpose
• Short term
• Learning a language
• Learning about the culture
• Studying a particular discipline
• Living in student housing or homestays (staying with local family)
• Planned by University or organization (Institute for International Education,
Fulbright) (DIKTI, CI)

13. 1. Types/Models of International Partnerships:
Faculty Exchange and Special Faculty Program Agreement
Agreements for Faculty Exchanges and/or a Special Faculty
Program
• Faculty or University staff going outside their country to
teach, research, consult or professional development
• Fulbright Program – South and Central Asia Region
• Hosting or sending faculty or staff for a special purpose
• Short term
• Professional Development
• Networking
• Particular Discipline
• Planned by University or organization (Jilin U., UNTAN) (IIE, Fulbright) (DIKTI)

14. 2. Student Exchange Agreement
General Features
• A specialized agreement focusing on exchange of students
• Can be bilateral or consortium (MAUI and Utrecht Network)
• Formal agreement
• Reciprocal agreement
• Reviewed periodically

15. 2. Student Exchange Agreement
Specific Features
• Authority such as President, Board of Directors, or State Board of Regent’s
• Signed by President, Board Chair and/or State official (Governor)
• Term length
• Type of student
• Type of academic program
• Coordination Office
• Tuition

16. 2. Student Exchange Agreement
Specific Features continued
• Housing (Room and Board)
• Period of study
• Equalizing features
• Academic Requirements
• Care of student
• Travel
• Other local laws or compliance features

17. 2. Student Exchange Agreement
American Council of Education has
a nice listing of examples of
partnerships and agreements
including student exchange
agreements to found at:
https://www.acenet.edu/news-
room/Pages/Collaboration-and-
Partnerships.aspx

18. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Faculty Research Collaboration
• US Universities organize research support based on their mission and
university type
• Many universities encourage research but value teaching and learning
• Universities that have robust research expenditures and outputs have
a President’s cabinet level senior administrator – Vice President of
Research (VPR)

19. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Faculty Research Collaboration
Guided by faculty and institutional interest and priorities (not an exhaustive list)
• Faculty co-authorship
• Joint research project
• Exchange of researchers
• Visiting scholar, post doctorate, or researcher
• Consortium
• Welcome each other graduate students or scholars to work in laboratories or
field research

20. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
U.S. Public Research University
Public
• Public support (some sort of government support)
• U.S. State universities are public
• Not all public universities are state supported (local government support)
• State universities may be organized within a State “system” of higher education

21. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Kansas State University Research
Example
• Research and Sponsored
Programs Office
• Vice President of Research
• Supports student research
• Supports faculty research
• Supports collaborations

22. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Kansas State Research Organization
• Leadership (Vice President) and staff
• Research Development Office
• Pre Award Services
• University Research Compliance Office
• Facility Security Office
• Offices working with industry, research foundation, and commercialization

23. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Kansas State University
Faculty Research Support
• Assist in finding funding
• Assist in finding partners
(collaboration)
• Assist in preparing proposal
• Assist in submitting a proposal
• Assist in managing the award
• Assist with intellectual property

24. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Kansas State University
Collaboration Support
• Finding Funding
• Providing Agreement Templates
• Working with discipline or
College Associate Dean of
Research
• Assisting with establishing the
partnership collaboration

25. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
Kansas State University –
International Collaborations
(examples not exhaustive)
• USAID Feed the Future Laboratories
• U.S.-China Center for Animal Health
(USCCAH) 美-中动物卫生中心
•

26. 3. International Faculty Research Collaboration
International Funding
Erasmus+

27. 4. Curricular Partnerships: Dual and Joint Degree
• Many international partnerships can be curricular in nature
• The two traditional academic curricular partnerships form either a
dual degree program or a joint degree program
• Dual Degree – a program developed collaborative in which a student
may earn a degree from the domestic institution and the
international institution as the same time (two degrees)
• Joint Degree – a program developed collaborative in which a student
earns one degree singed off by both the domestic institution and the
international institution (one degree)
• These types of programs are few in number given the complexity of
aligning the curriculum and the labor intensity of maintaining the
program

28. 4. Curricular Partnerships: Dual and Joint Degree
3 Steps Process for a dual degree
(the Kansas State University
guidelines)
• Preliminary Discussions
• Proposing Guidelines
• Overview – purpose
• Need for program
• Program Requirements
• Admissions Criteria
• Infrastructure and Support
• Program Governance and Evaluation
• Final Agreement
Kansas State University guidelines for dual,
joint and sequential degrees -
https://www.k-
state.edu/oip/internationalfacultycollabor
ation/opportunities/guidelines.html

29. 4. Curricular Partnerships: Dual and Joint Degree
General Thoughts
• Understand the purpose of having
a dual or joint degree
• Plan like you would plan for a new
academic degree program
• Labor intensive for office
(department) managing program
• Constant communications with
partner and students in the
program
Joint Degree
• Extra attention to the planning
process and agreement
• Agreement on all parts of program
from marketing, student inquiry
through the academic program to
graduation and into alumni status
• Constant Communications
• Extra requirements to initiate the
degree – this is considered a whole
new academic program

30. 5. International Branch Campus
International Branch Campuses
• A higher education entity original
established in one country with a
campus outside the original home
country
• The campus (program) has some
sort of administration, faculty,
student and staff at all locations
• Students can matriculate in
programs at all locations
• Few universities have branch
campuses, but they are growing in
number
A report available through the
Observatory on Borderless
Education states that in 2017
there were 263 international
branch campuses (IBC) up from
249 in 2016. 139 (49%) of IBCs
are at least ten years old.

31. 5. International Branch Campus
The Webster University Branch Campus Model
• One university, one faculty, one curriculum, one student body
• Meeting unmet need and working with establishing country
• Multiple campuses in four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe and North
America)
• First campus outside the United States – Geneva, Switzerland 1978
• Latest campus (program) – Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2018
• Latest news - Webster University is pleased to announce that on Feb. 4, 2019,
Webster leadership and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized
Education (Uzbekistan) signed documents to support both the programmatic and
physical expansion of Webster University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

32. 5. International Branch Campus
The Webster University Branch Campus Model
Considerations in establishing a branch campus
• Must fit mission and vision
• Must be an unmet need
• Must fit the one University model
• Ability for complete student and faculty mobility
• Conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats) analysis
• Conduct market research to determine need
• Not in a country that may be on a U.S. Department of State high alert list and U.S.
Center for Disease Control or World Health Organization high risk list

33. 5. International Branch Campus
The Webster University Branch Campus Model
Considerations in establishing a branch campus (continued)
• Understand the local and regional higher education market for students
• Understand local higher education environment
• Understand local accreditation regulation
• Understand local labor laws concerning academic staff
• Understand financial regulations
• Understand tax compliance issues
• Understand import and export control issues
• Understand facility regulations and requirements
• Find good local partners and/or consultants
• Be patient

34. Review
• There are many types of partnerships – make sure you understand your needs
and priorities before pursuing international partnerships
• We focused on a few partnership models listed below – there are many types or
models of partnerships
• Student Exchange
• Research Collaboration
• Curricular Collaboration (dual and joint degree)
• Branch Campus
• Integrate your university’s mission and identity into your internationalization
goals

35. Assignment
Write down brief responses at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N8NZTGQ
Assignment:
• “Which model presented in the webinar fits best with your international goals?”
• “What are the research strengths of your university?”
• “What are academic fields of study where curricular collaboration is needed?”
• “What are your goals for student exchange with U.S. universities?”
You may complete in English, Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, etc.