Initiating and Constructing the Transnational Higher-Education Partnership

Abstract

Building symmetrical transnational higher-education partnerships (THEPs) begins with formative processes. The early stages of THEP construction are crucial because “success and sustainability of the collaboration have their roots in the initial context of the formation of the partnerships” (Eddy 2010, p. 2).¹ This chapter identifies critical components in the construction of THEPs and approaches each dynamic process through the lenses of past asymmetry and prospective symmetry.