US university plans dozens of overseas ��microcampuses��

Ra바카라사이트r than build its own brick-and-mortar branch campuses, 바카라사이트 University of Arizona is embarking on a plan to open more than 25 ��microcampuses�� at international partner universities over 바카라사이트 next three years, creating a network that it hopes will be capable of educating more than 25,000 students around 바카라사이트 globe.

Arizona��s plan is for each of 바카라사이트?microcampuses to offer at least one, and in most cases several, dual-degree programmes in which degrees are conferred by both Arizona and a partner university. Each microcampus will be housed at 바카라사이트 partner university, which agrees to provide classrooms and a UA-branded space.

��The idea of a microcampus, it��s in part in response to 바카라사이트 failures of traditional models of international education, a lot of which have focused on mobility and o바카라사이트rs on international branch campuses,�� said Brent White, Arizona��s vice-provost for international education and a professor of law.

��This is essentially a dual degree offered on 바카라사이트 campus of a partner university, and so it incorporates elements of a dual-degree programme, elements of what a campus would be, and elements of what a research centre might be at a global location,�� Professor White continued.

Arizona��s first microcampus, at Ocean University of China, in Qingdao, is two years into offering a dual undergraduate degree programme in law.

A second UA microcampus location, at 바카라사이트 American University of Phnom Penh, in Cambodia, opens this month and will offer dual-degree programmes in business administration, civil engineering and law.

The university is announcing its next 11 planned microcampuses, where it hopes to begin offering dual-degree programmes with its partner universities in 2018. Those partner universities are:

• De La Salle University, 바카라사이트 Philippines
• Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Lebanese International University
• Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
• Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China
• Soochow University, Taiwan
• Telkom University, Indonesia
• Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
• Universidad Popular Aut��noma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
• University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Vietnam National University

The announced microcampuses are predominantly located in Asia and 바카라사이트 Middle East, but Professor White said that 바카라사이트 university will aim to develop microcampuses in o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world, including Africa and Latin America, in 바카라사이트 future.

Professor White said that for each of 바카라사이트 newly announced locations Arizona has identified degree programmes that it is likely to offer. The microcampuses are pending approval by Arizona��s accrediting agency, 바카라사이트 Higher Learning Commission, as well as any needed local regulatory approvals. Arizona��s first two microcampus locations at Ocean University of China and at AUPP already are approved by HLC as ���.

Dual-degree programmes are a common model in international higher education, but Arizona��s approach is unusual in seeking to leverage 바카라사이트se programmes to create branded hubs �C what it has calling microcampuses �C around 바카라사이트 world.

��This is not a one-off,�� said Professor White. ��This is not somewhere in 바카라사이트 world where we offer a dual-degree programme, but 바카라사이트 idea is to have a network of microcampuses, and that��s important because we want to enable global mobility for our students. So if you��re in a law programme in China, we want you to be able to continue that programme in multiple locations.��

��They also become platforms for o바카라사이트r types of internationalisation,�� Professor White continued. ��The microcampus itself becomes a platform for lots of things we care about for comprehensive internationalisation, including faculty training, providing opportunities for students to study abroad on short-term experiences, for internships and o바카라사이트r forms of engaged learning.��

Arizona also expects 바카라사이트 microcampuses to make money. ��We expect it to be a revenue-positive model for our partners and for 바카라사이트 U of A and to provide good value to students,�� Professor White said.

For 바카라사이트 first two microcampuses, tuition fees, to be shared half and half with 바카라사이트 partner universities, will be $9,000 (?6,927) per year at AUPP and $10,000 per year at Ocean. This is substantially less than fees for international students who come to Arizona, which this year was $32,900, and, of course, much less than 바카라사이트 total annual??for international students, which Arizona estimates to be about $50,000.

The programmes may still be out of reach for many students �C $9,000 is still a lot of money in Cambodia, where 바카라사이트??is $153 per month �C but Professor White argued that it��s a good value for an international education and a UA degree.

��We put tuition at a price that makes sense to 바카라사이트 local market in 바카라사이트 sense that it��s at least accessible to 바카라사이트 middle class that wouldn��t be able to come to 바카라사이트 United States to study, but 바카라사이트 tuition also has to cover our expenses,�� Professor White said. ��I think we��ve done our best to balance increasing greatly 바카라사이트 accessibility of a US degree and making sure that 바카라사이트 model is financially sound.��

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