This document discusses partnerships in education, including various models, types, benefits, and challenges. It outlines different partnership models such as partnering with elite universities, partnerships among equals, and partnerships with less-ranked universities. The types of partners mentioned include universities, governments, international organizations, and the private sector. The benefits outlined are more students, exchange opportunities, sharing facilities, branding benefits, and learning from partners. Some challenges discussed are finding suitable partners, financial issues, longevity, different perspectives, and unkept promises.

1. Partnerships in Education
MODELS, TYPES, REACH, BENEFITS, CHALLENGES
Bajinder Pal SINGH
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

2. Partnership Models

3. Who should you
partner with?
Maintain parity
Go High?
Go low?
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Partnership Models

4. Partnering with Elite Universities
Advantages
Enhance your stature
Strengthen your brand
Explore their networks
Learn from their experience
Opportunities for more funding
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Partnership Models

5. “If I have seen further it is by standing
on the shoulders of giants”
― Isaac Netwon
Partnership Models

6. Partnership among Equals
Advantages
Easier to manage
Complementary strengths
Long-term viability
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Partnership Models

7. Go Low
Advantages
Mentorship model
Help less-ranked universities grow
Capacity building opportunities
New student stream
CSR
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Partnership Models

8. “When only one party makes a profit
that's robbery, when all parties make
profit that's business.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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Partnership Models

9. Types of Partners
Universities – public and private
Governments
International organizations
Associations/ NGOs
Private sector
Funding agencies
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Partnership Types

10. “Squash is the only game where you call
your ‘opponent’ a ‘partner’, and both of
you play on the same side!”
― Sandeep Sahajpal
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Partnership Types

11. Geographical Reach
International Partners
National Partners
Regional Partners
Local Partners
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Partnerships: Reach

12. Benefits of University Partnerships
More students
Exchange opportunities for students
Sharing of facilities
Exposure to newer areas
Branding benefits
Learn from partners
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Partnership Benefts

13. Learn what we lack
Syllabi
Launch new programs
Keep in touch with latest developments
Upgrade
Closing capability gap
Media coverage
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Benefits of University Partnerships
Partnership Models

14. “Don’t make the mistake of looking
down on your partner. You’re only on
that pedestal because they put you up
there.”
― Kamand Kojouri
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Partnership Models

15. Partnership Models in Higher Education
Pitfalls
Cost Benefits Ratio
Guarantee of student quality
Unkempt promises
Symbiotic/ Parasitic relationship
Lowering branding value
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Partnership Pitfalls

16. Pitfalls
“You want a partnership? I've heard a lot
about partnerships. Sure. I'll partner with
you. You do all the work and I'll take
80%.”
― Neil A. Hogan (writer)
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Partnership Pitfalls

17. Challenges in Partnerships
Scouting suitable partners
Finance issues
Individual-centric
Longevity of partnership
Mutual acceptability
Different perspectives
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Partnership Challenges

18. Infrastructure issues
Human Resource issues
False promises
Unkempt promises
Internal issues
Unreasonable demands
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Challenges in Partnerships
Partnership Challenges

19. “Together, we form a necessary
paradox; not a senseless contradiction.”
― Criss Jami
Partnership Challenges

20. Credibility
Track record
Previous partnerships
Suitability
Financial Commitment
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Checklist
Partnership Checklist

21. Contact Persons
Legal framework
Implementation Mechanism
Worth the effort
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Checklist
Partnership Checklist

22. “As always in a musical
collaboration: One has to like each
other. As simple as that.”
― Klaus Schulze
Partnership