University Partnerships for Academic Programs and Professional Development

Edited by Patrick Blessinger, International HETL Association, New York, USA; St. John’s University, New York, USABarbara Cozza, St. John’s University, New York, USA

• PART I: CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLESInnovative Approaches in University Partnerships: An Introduction to University Partnerships for Academic and Program Development - Barbara Cozza and Patrick BlessingerInternationalization: A Strategic and Complex Approach - Laura J. CarfangPART II: SUCCESSFUL PRACTICESThe Centrality of the Faculty Role in Transnational Partnerships: A Research Agenda - Rick J. Arrowood and Leslie HitchInter-Institutional Collaboration Through Non-Positional Leadership: A STEM Higher Education Initiative - Sherri CiancaInterinstitutional Collaboration in Dutch Professional Higher Education - Rutger Kappe, Domien Wijsbroek, Marjon Molenkamp, Olof Wiegert, Gerwin Hendriks, Zuke Van Ingen and Jaap Van ZandwijkThe Evolution of a Foundation Program: Reflections on the Five Year Partnership Between University College London and Nazarbayev University - Dominic Mahon and Rachel NiklasCross-Country Faculty Learning Community: an Opportunity for Collaboration Around the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Anabella Martinez, Cathy Bishop-Clark and Beth DietzHome and Away: A Case Study Analysis of a Learning and Teaching Programme Supporting the Development of a ‘Transformative’ Partnership with a Private Hei in Sri Lanka - Hazel Messenger, Digby Warren and Wendy BloisiBy Design and by Chance: The Story of One International Partnership - Inese Berzina-Pitcher, Punya Mishra and S. GiridharCommunity College-University Cross-Border Partnership Through Faculty Exchange - Iddah Aoko Otieno and Tom Otieno Small Is Beautiful - How a Young University Can Successfully Establish University Partnerships - The Case of FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences - Thomas Schmalzer and Doris Kiendl-WendnerUniversity Partnerships for Academic Program and Professional Development: Building Faculty Capacity for 21st Century Teaching and Learning - Alia Sheety, Elizabeth Moy, Judith Parsons, David Dunbar, Kathleen C. Doutt, Elizabeth Faunce and Leslie MyersCreative Cross-Cultural Connections: Facebook as a Third Space for International Collaborations - Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Anne Peirson-Smith, Ana Roncha and Adrian HuangThe Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate: a Partnership of Universities and Schools Working to Improve the Education Doctorate and K-20 Schools - Jill Alexa Perry and Debby Zambo