PARTNERSHIPS

澳门六合彩历史记录 partners with universities and educational institutions around the world to build international opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to study, conduct research, or teach in other countries.听 Agreements also allow students of our partners to take classes at 澳门六合彩历史记录 or (in special circumstances) to enroll for degree seeking purposes. Other agreements provide for the exchange of services and technical training opportunities. In sum, many different types of projects can be included in international agreements to meet the parties鈥 unique needs and interests. Some partnership are focused on one discipline or area and others are more comphrensive to provide a variety of opportunities.

The Center for Global Engagement in conjunction with Education Abroad assists 澳门六合彩历史记录 colleges and faculty in the design, creation, execution, and implementation of international agreements. All agreements must advance a strategic academic goal of the sponsoring 澳门六合彩历史记录 college, and be determined to be of value to 澳门六合彩历史记录.听 All agreements must adhere to 澳门六合彩历史记录 policies in regard to academic credit, international and on-campus study, agreement financing, and the periodic balancing of exchanged activities.听

Agreements must be created with the assistance and approval of all relevant 澳门六合彩历史记录 college deans, the Center for Global Engagement, 澳门六合彩历史记录 Legal Affairs, and the Provost Office.听 Agreements can only be signed by the President or a member of the Board of Trustees, along with the college dean if college funds are being pledged to support activities specified in the agreement.听 Once executed the relevant college(s) sponsoring the agreement will coordinate all academic aspects of the agreement, and Education Abroad will coordinate administrative aspects o exchange agreements including allocation of any available and applicable tuition waivers and the periodic balancing of exchange activity.

International partnerships must comply with (Undue Foreign Influence).听

For more information on partnership and creating an agreement, please first contact Madison McShane, Director of Education Abroad.

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CURRENT PARTNERS

Reciprocal Student Exchange
A reciprocal student exchange identifies a relationship where students of 澳门六合彩历史记录 and an international institution are able to trade places with each other. The heart of the exchange is the commitment of access to academic resources and other institutional support for each student whether from 澳门六合彩历史记录 or the institution abroad. Reciprocal exchange students typically enroll at and pay tuition to their home institutions, and enroll at the host institution as a non-degree student. In special instances 澳门六合彩历史记录 can allow for the incoming exchange students to enroll at 澳门六合彩历史记录 for a degree while on the exchange. 听In such instances, special arrangements must be made and satisfied to insure all relevant 澳门六合彩历史记录 academic admission and study requirements are met pursuant to the Principles of Accreditation under SACS. 听In all cases, for non-degree or degree studies, the exchange must balance in both directions within the stated period of the applicable agreement.

University of Technology Sydney, Australia听
Anglo American University, Czech Republic
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
University of Central Lancashire, England
Northumbria University, England
Plymouth University, England
American Business School in Paris, France
EDHEC Business School in Lille or Nice, France
ESSCA 脡cole de Management, France
ESSEC Business School, France
SRH University Heidelberg, Germany
University of Technology Dublin, Ireland
University of Haifa, Israel
Kansai Gaidai University, Japan
Korea University Sejong, South Korea
Instituto Qu铆mico Sarria, Spain
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden

Third-Party Provider Affiliates
 澳门六合彩历史记录 Education Abroad has official affiliation agreements with several third-party program provider. Third-party providers are independent organizations that facilitate or administer study abroad programs. They often act as intermediaries by assisting program participants with logistics like course registration and housing arrangements. While models differ, academic and social guidance is generally included throughout the duration of a program, such as orientation, support services, field trips and cultural activities.






Vendors
澳门六合彩历史记录 Education Abroad frequently uses full-services vendors for group faculty-led study abroad programs. Education Abroad works with the vendor and 澳门六合彩历史记录 faculty leaders to develop and implement the program. Vendors must be approved by Education Abroad and by the university prior to program development and execution of agreement. Below is a list of approved full-service vendors we have frequently used over the years for faculty-led programs. Other vendors or partner universities aboad may be used on a case-by-case basis with approval from the Education Abroad office.听





OTHER TYPES OF AGREEMENTS

General College Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 听鈥 A general college MOU is a positive statement of interest between an 澳门六合彩历史记录 college, or multiple colleges, to explore partnership activities with another university.听 An MOU does not express a binding commitment to any specific activity, but rather a serious intention to explore identified interests.听听 MOU鈥檚 are not encouraged unless there is clear intent to implement an actual project of exchange and/or other academic activities in the near future, where the execution of the MOU will foster that action.听 An MOU that contemplates the prospect of student and faculty teaching exchange must be supported by the college(s) interested in exploring this activity.听听 The college(s) requesting the MOU will identify the 澳门六合彩历史记录 faculty leader who will take the lead to promote future activities between the two institutions.

General Research Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 听鈥 A general research MOU is a positive statement of interest between the 澳门六合彩历史记录, led by either the Division of Research and/or an 澳门六合彩历史记录 college, to explore research activities with another university.听 An MOU does not express a binding commitment to any specific activity, but rather a serious intention to explore identified interests.听听 MOU鈥檚 are not encouraged unless there is clear intent to implement an actual research project in the near future, where the execution of the MOU will foster that action. The Division of Research and/or the college(s) requesting the research MOU will identify the 澳门六合彩历史记录 faculty leader who will take the lead to promote future activities between the two institutions.

Co-op Exchange Students to 澳门六合彩历史记录 听鈥 澳门六合彩历史记录 has some international university partners with whom we have complementary interests and with whom we have agreed to enter into a special 鈥渃o-op exchange partnership鈥 to allow students to attend 澳门六合彩历史记录 for various studies.听 The student traffic is one-way, to 澳门六合彩历史记录 only.听 澳门六合彩历史记录 sponsors the entering students as an exchange student for purposes of the J-1 student visa.听 Co-op students can be non-degree or degree seeking.听 In the latter case, special arrangements must be made and satisfied to insure all relevant 澳门六合彩历史记录 academic admission and study requirements are met pursuant to the Principles of Accreditation under SACS.听 Co-op students (degree and nondegree) pay full 澳门六合彩历史记录 non resident tuition and all other relevant fees.听听听

Faculty or Scholar Exchange 听鈥 Agreements frequently involve the exchange of faculty or scholars for teaching purposes, for varying periods of time.听 In such cases, the agreement must specify which parties will bear the various costs involved, and how the selection and assignment of the faculty or scholars will occur.

Joint Research 听鈥 Agreements may support collaborative research projects on specific academic topics.听 Such agreements specify the research activities to be undertaken and which parties will bear the various costs involved.听 If publication of research findings are planned, the agreement should note any relevant considerations on publication subvention and intellectual property rights.

Technical Assistance and Training Services 听鈥 Agreements often contemplate technical assistance and training services at one or more parties to the agreement.听 In such instances the agreement needs to specify the terms and conditions of the technical assistance and training being planned, and which parties will bear the costs of the activities to be done.