The Institute of International Education selected five U.S. colleges and universities to participate in the 2013 India initiative of the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP). Over the next year, international education professionals at each of these institutions will participate in a series of training activities arranged by IIE to help them implement and sustain partnerships with institutions in India. The strategy-building program includes a study tour to India in early 2013 to learn about the Indian higher education system and meet with potential partner campuses.

The five U.S. campuses are: 

• Arizona State University
• Portland State University
• University of Colorado Colorado Springs
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Washington & Jefferson College

This year IIE chose to accept a smaller cohort in order to offer a more tailored experience that directly addresses their specific partnership and capacity building goals and to add a faculty development component. This is the third group of campuses to take part in the program focused on India.

Each institution has made a commitment to form a campus-wide task force to work on prospective partnerships, conduct an institution-wide inventory of activities pertaining to India, and develop a strategic plan focused on partnering with Indian institutions. IIE’s goal in creating the IAPP program of webinars, workshops, and site visits is to empower institutions with a number of resources necessary for building partnerships with India and other countries. IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education developed the IAPP program in 2009 with an initial two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). 

For more information on all previous IAPP programs, including participating institutions, see www.iie.org/iapp.