Practical Guide to Successful U.S.-India Higher Education Partnerships

This report is made possible through the generous support of the U.S. Department of State and is part of the Partnership 2020 project. The Partnership 2020: Leveraging US-India Cooperation in Higher Education to Harness Economic Opportunities and Innovation project is a collaborative agreement between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the United States Department of State, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) playing a key advisory role. The goal of the project is to strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and India through collaboration in higher education, research on key issue areas, related economic growth, and people-to-people linkages.

In this report, we detail some of the best practices that commonly emerged in our conversations with higher education leaders. These best practices relate to funding partnerships, enforcing partnership agreements, conducting research, institutional support, communication, and culture.

This report is a product of the Partnership 2020: Leveraging US-India Cooperation in Higher Education to Harness Economic Opportunities and Innovation project funded by the U.S. Department of State.