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International Consortia of Higher Education Institutions

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Synonyms

Strategic alliances; University networks

Definitions

Higher education consortia: multi-point groupings of higher education institutions with a limited number of members. Membership is restricted to particular institutions that are allowed by the other partners to enter the arrangement.

Abbreviations

  • EUA: European University Association

  • EURASHE: European Association of Institutions in Higher Education

  • LERU: League of European Research Universities

  • UNICA: Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

  • YERUN: Network of Young European Research Universities

Consortia of Higher Education Institutions have been a global reality since the last decades of the twentieth century. Universities have engaged in collaborative action for many different reasons. Due to the further globalization and internationalization of higher education, collaboration has intensified and the nature of cooperation has changed. Engaging with other universities abroad is an organizational mechanism to...

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    Eric Beerkens

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  1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Hans De Wit

  2. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA

    Laura Rumbley

  3. Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Lombardy, Italy

    Fiona Hunter

  4. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    Lisa Unangst

  5. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    Edward Choi

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Beerkens, E. (2018). International Consortia of Higher Education Institutions. In: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_278-1

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