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Graduate International Collaborations: How to Build and Sustain Them
San Francisco, California
The 2009 summit addressed a topic with far-reaching implications for graduate students, faculty, and institutions: the challenges and opportunities surrounding international collaborations at the graduate level.
Titled “Graduate International Collaborations: How to Build and Sustain Them,” the summit responded to the call of many universities for experience-based practical guidance for overseeing a wide range of collaboration structures, including joint and dual degree programs and both formal and informal research exchanges involving graduate students and faculty. The 32 delegates for the 2009 summit included members of the CGS Board and leaders and representatives from counterpart associations in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, South Korea, the Middle East, and the UK. Session topics focused on questions of both value and practice, giving special attention to the ways in which the potential benefits of collaboration can be reinforced by graduate leadership.
Subsequent sessions covered the challenges and opportunities linked to different collaboration structures, the effects of collaboration on the global research enterprise, and developing structures of international support, including best practice initiatives.
Event Materials:
- Summit Agenda (PDF)
- CGS Press Release (PDF)
- Principles and Practices of Effective Collaborations (PDF)
- Proceedings of the 2009 Strategic Leaders Global Summit on Graduate Education
The 2009 Summit was supported by a generous gift from ProQuest.
As the national advocate for graduate education, CGS serves as a resource for policymakers and others on issues concerning graduate education, research, and scholarship. Based in Washington, DC, the organization provides its members with regular updates and analyses of legislative and regulatory proposals and policies that affect graduate education.
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