The Transnationally Partnered University: Insights from Research and Sustainable Development Collaborations in Africa [Paperback]

Analyzing the growing importance of the transnational higher education landscape and the role of African universities, Koehn and Obamba show how transnational partnerships among universities can inform policy, strengthen synergies between knowledge producers and knowledge users, and advance sustainable-development practice.1. Higher Education and Development: Knowledge as Igniter 2. The Landscape of Research & Development THEP Opportunities 3. Asymmetry and Symmetry in Transnational Higher-education Partnerships 4. Initiating and Constructing the Transnational Higher-education Partnership 5. Managing the Transnational Higher-education Partnership: What Does Not Work and What Works 6. Symmetrical Capacity-building Challenges for THEPs 7. Partnership-Sustainability Challenges 8. Symmetrical THEP Evaluation Challenges 9. Evidence from Africa 10. Conclusion: Promoting Synergy Through Symmetry

The expression transnationally partnered university refers to collaboration between higher-education institutions located in different countries. & I found The Transnationally Partnered University clearly written and convincingly supported by the professional literature. (R. Murray Thomas, International Review of Education, Vol. 61, 2015)

In The Transnationally Partnered University, Koehn and Obamba examine most of the key concepts that scholars, decision makers, and leaders of higher education need to grapple with when designing research and development collaborations linking universities in Africa and elsewhere. They provide valuable partnering guidelines, explore the nature of transnational collaborations when differences (asymmetries) exist, and discuss the challenge of sustaining symmetrical relationships over time. As internationalization and transnational cooperation among universities continues to grow worldwide, this is an important book to read. - Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary General, International Association of Universities and Executive ló´