Welcome to the U.S.-Japan Higher Education Engagement Study (USJP HEES). The third in a series of ACE studies on partnerships between U.S. higher education institutions and their counterparts in other countries, the USJP HEES is our most ambitious bilateral endeavor to date, comprising an inventory of over 4,000 collaborations, an interactive database, trend analyses, and recommendations for policy and practice.
ACE has long served as a catalyst for global higher education collaboration. Through our Transformation Labs and other innovative programs, we build networks, facilitate connections, and advise U.S. and foreign institutions as they forge ongoing, productive relationships worldwide, both within and beyond the higher education community. Our research highlights good practices and informs creative solutions to common and emergent challenges in partnership development.
The USJP HEES and our previous bilateral studies (U.S.-Mexico Observatory and U.K.-U.S. Higher Education Partnerships) are designed to serve as a resource for:
- Providing greater insight on current U.S. higher education global engagement
- Identifying new partners that strengthen ties in geographic areas of strategic importance to institutional goals
- Informing broader policies to enable productive collaborations in the future
Our hope is that the impact of the USJP HEES and our other bilateral studies will extend well beyond the higher education realm. The pandemic has underscored how interconnected the world is—global challenges require global solutions. Research, teaching, and exchange partnerships initiated by higher education institutions are an excellent starting point for such collaboration. We encourage you to explore all of ACE’s bilateral studies and to contact us to update your institution’s partnership information as additional collaborations emerge and flourish.