Asian Universities Alliance

The move toward cooperation across national borders just moved to a completely new level. Fifteen universities from the Middle East to East Asia have agreed to form a consortium to "promote mobility.., strengthen research collaboration.., establish high-level dialogues.., and compile and publish annual reports on Asian higher education."

Working toward common goals across this region will offer significant competition for the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, and Australia who have benefitted from serving as the host countries for many students and scholars. Establishing partnerships among institutions that are likely to have more in common related to practice and culture will likely serve all these institutions well. And, the likelihood is that there will soon be more institutions joining this consortium and others like it.