Suffolk University was recently selected to participate in the 2012 India Initiative of the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP).
IAPP is overseen by the Institute of International Education (IIE), a not-for-profit organization developed in 1919 as a means of improving understanding between nations in the wake of World War I.
The program itself was established in 2009 with aid from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in an effort to strengthen higher education relations between United States and Indian institutions.
According to IEE press release, program staff at participating institutions will partake in training activities geared towards applying and maintaining partnerships with Indian institutions.
Concluding the program will be a study-tour to India that will enable Suffolk University officials to meet with institutions for potential partnerships.
According to a press release made by the IIE, Suffolk University and the 10 other U.S. colleges and universities chosen were selected based on “successful applications that outlined their strong interest in building ties with institutions in India and their need for the assistance that IAPP provides,”
The other institutions chosen for participation in the program include Fort Hays State University, George Mason University, Northern Illinois University, Queens College, Rollins College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Thomas College, the University of Kentucky, the University of Oregon and the University of Montana.
“Higher education is an important area of the strategic partnership between the United States and India because of its impact on fostering collaboration on critical issues that we face today,” IIE President Allan E. Goodman said in a statement. “This new phase of the International Academic Partnership Program and the strong group of campuses will strengthen the educational ties between our two nations and pave the way for students from both countries to gain important international perspective.”