International Collaboration X

ECU recognizes two forms of international agreement. A Memorandum of Understanding is a broad acknowledgement that the signatories have formed an official relationship and commits the signatories to investigate more specific activities that will lead to mutual benefit, without binding the parties to any particular actions. A Memorandum of Agreement is a more explicit document that details specific activities that will take place between the parties.

Many types of activities cab be included in a Memorandum of Agreement. The table below is a non-exhaustive list of potential international partnership activities to consider.

I. Teaching

Student Exchange
- Courses
- Internships
- Service learning projects
Study Abroad Groups
- Faculty-led programs
- Intensive language training
Sharing Students
- Linked courses
- Jointly supervised graduate students
- Provision of online courses
- Dual degree programs
- Graduate program recruiting
Sharing resources/knowledge
- Faculty exchanges (for teaching purposes)
- Faculty development workshops (pedagogy)
- Educational or cultural materials/activities
- Curriculum development

II. Research and Outreach

Sharing Resources
- Faculty exchange (for research/outreach purposes)
  - Short-term visits
  - Sabbaticals
  - Fulbright program
- Library or technical program
- Access to facilities
Activities
- Faculty development workshops (technical)
- Jointly sponsored conferences or sessions within conferences
- Faculty-level research/outreach collaborations (1-to-1)
  - Co-authorship
  - Concept paper development
  - Joint proposal development
- Institutional-level research/outreach collaborations
  - Funded proposals requiring team building/complementarity
  - Funded proposals requiring local contacts or context

III. Administrative/Institutional

Sharing Knowledge
- Institutional assessment
- Enrollment management
- Fundraising
- Alumni relations
- Sponsored Programs Administration
- Internationalization
- Leadership development
- Student services