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In the recent
IIENetworker magazine, Kenneth M. Holland writes about partnerships with Ball and Kansas State Universities and several universities in Afghanistan, which helped connect Afghanistan’s education sector with its private sector, contributing to growth of a free market economy. Holland also shows how these partnerships produced valuable research, teaching, and service opportunities in both directions. "The successful partnerships ... demonstrate the value and need of international funding to support higher education linkages," writes Holland.