Title: Building a successful partnership in higher education institutions

Authors: David C. Chou

Addresses: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, USA

Abstract: Educational partnership becomes a common practice in higher education. This study clarifies the practices of educational partnership in higher education institutions. A model of educational partnership has been built to identify its successful factors. The five determinants to the partnership's success are the following: commitment to partnerships, curriculum and learning, quality and risk management, geographic and economic settings, and change management. This study can be guidance for those higher education institutions seeking and building successful partnership such as study abroad programme.

Keywords: educational innovation; educational partnerships; globalisation; study abroad programme; success models; educational outsourcing; successful partnerships; HEIs; higher education institutions; universities; commitment; curriculum; learning; quality management; risk management; geographic settings; economic settings; USA; United States; Yale University; National University of Singapore; information systems; change management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2012.050350

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2012 Vol.6 No.1, pp.84 - 97

Published online: 16 Aug 2014 *

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