July 16, 2008

Universities Seek to Strengthen Ties in Africa and China

By Karin Fischer

Portsmouth, N.H.

Officials from research universities meeting here this week agree there is a pressing need to build stronger and more sustained partnerships with African institutions. They also concur that such collaborations face real challenges.

International partnerships, particularly in Africa but also in China, have been the focus of a three-day meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, which wraps up today. The research-university group has made

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