Universities are being challenged as never before to reconsider their fundamental role, market position, structures, relationships, partnerships, policies and processes. They will need to continue questioning how they operate internally, engage externally with other institutions and organizations, and interact with the wider society.
Excellent question, Aieman! Precisely because individual universities are reconsidering their market positions, consortiums of universities are becoming commonplace, especially here in the United States. Such consortiums bind together both the elite private universities (the so-called Ivy League) and state-financed public universities. Hence if a student who can afford only state university tuition wishes to take a specialized course at an Ivy League university, he may enroll by showing the course is not available at his home university. In addition, virtually all American universities sponsor study-abroad programs in collaboration with non-American universities all over the world. The internets facilitate interlibrary loan borrowings between university here and abroad. The net makes research collaboration possible between researchers in distant universities. In sum, not only can universities today work more closely together, but this togetherness is a beautiful reality.
This is very interesting and relevant topic. I'm not an expert in this topic but I'm interested to learn more on this as academician in business context.
Collaborations, alliances, merging, and consortium - combining, union, association of two or more organization as one interdependent system with common goal . They differ in combining process, terms and conditions. and legal standing. How they operate internally, engage externally with other institutions and organizations, and interact with the wider society depends on agreement and governing laws. Increase in competitive advantage, effectiveness in cost restructuring, economic growth, globalization, quality and excellence are drivers of consolidation.
Unfortunately, where there is competition for funding, expertise and kudos, there is always a reluctance to collaborate fully and openly.
I agree with Ahed, though, that we should be collaborating for the greater good.
I fully agree with Iain Lawrie. Based on my interview with the vice president of academic affairs of an institution here in the Philippines collaboration is selective because all universities and colleges are competitors in education industry. Sharing of expertise is not easy in collaboration. In my observation collaboration takes place in areas that are not subject for business competition. Everybody will go after competitive edge to increase the market and to attract and retain quality manpower.
Dear Aieman
The main activity of the International Cooperation of Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel ( CAPES - Brazil ) is a bilateral, programs that foster joint research projects between Brazilian and foreign groups .
CAPES finances work ( teacher exchange ) , scholarships ( student exchange ) missions , plus an amount to fund the project activities.
It is imperative that the Brazilian research groups are linked to graduate recognized by the Ministry of Education and Culture programs , preferably graded 5 , 6 or 7 in the latest assessment of the CAPES .
Binational university partnerships
CAPES also features bi-university partnerships programs . These programs were initiated in 2001 and aimed primarily increasing the exchange of graduate students , as well as promoting the exchange of graduate students and professors .
Partnerships are implemented between Brazilian and foreign universities , and is fundamental to ensuring the mutual recognition of credits by students in the chosen project area . The program also seeks to approximate the curricular structures among the participating institutions and courses .
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