U.S. and Norway Committed to Expanding Engagement in Higher Education

The Norwegian Centre for International Collaboration in Education (SIU) and the Institute of International Education (IIE) are collaborating on the inaugural Norway initiative of IIE’s International Academic Partnership Program, to expand U.S.-Norwegian engagement and foster strategic university partnerships. 

IIE and SIU have selected twelve U.S. higher education institutions to participate in the eight-month 

International Academic Partnership Program. IIE's Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education will guide the institutions through a strategic planning process and training activities designed to assist each institution in implementing and sustaining partnerships with counterparts in Norway. The participating U.S. campuses are: Chatham University, Coastal Carolina University, Cornell University, New York Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, Sacred Heart University, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Cincinnati, University of Delaware, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Washington & Jefferson College.  

These partnership programs offer timely resources for campuses in both countries to explore areas of academic cooperation, including exchanging students and scholars and collaborating on research projects and degree programs. 

Norway is also a commitment partner of IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative, which is a five year campaign to double the number of U.S. college students studying abroad. As part of the Norwegian government’s commitment to Generation Study Abroad, Norway will help to pay for the costs of a week-long study tour to Norway to explore mutual areas of interest and meet with potential partner campuses. Allan Goodman will lead the delegation of senior leaders of the U.S. higher education institutions participating in the program in April 2015.