What is the International Postsecondary Development Program?
IPDP is a comprehensive, integrated model designed to
- Provide a consulting service to institutions, communities, and governments who want to develop or restructure postsecondary educational opportunities for academic, societal and economic reasons. Services range from feasibility through program/project assessment;
- Provide a research service to for short-term and longitudinal studies related to IPDP and to publish reports related to IPDP;
- Provide an academic service for graduate education and training in postsecondary education administration, teaching and learning, and student support;
- A connections service to assist with development of partnerships between and among private and public sectors to improve education and workforce opportunities for citizens throughout the world.
Who are our Clients/Partners?
Institutions-Communities-Governments-Business/Industry
Examples:
- The University of Montenegro in Southeastern Europe - 3-year project
through the auspices of the U.S. Department of State
Goals: To transform the administrative and management structure into a centralized system that is both efficient and effective; to reform the existing academic structures and teaching processes to both modernize them and make them competitive with and comparable to universities throughout the world . - The Universities of Santa Catarina, Sorocaba, and Facultades de Campinas in
Brazil
Goal: To develop academic and research partnerships in connection with societal and economic development needs - Sierra Leone Government and Higher Education
Goal: To build a system of International Community College Town Centers to infuse new life and opportunity in the country as it rebuilds its economy and addresses the quality of life for its people