TeamUpCampaign
As of October, 2017

Our Vision: Dynamic Partnerships“TeamUp has been a valuable resource as we work to develop closer ties to Japanese universities.
By reminding us of the various elements that go into a strong partnership and providing us withpowerful tools to develop those strategic collaborations, TeamUp and its Road Map have empowered
us to imagine dynamic, new pathways for greater exchange of people and ideas between ourinstitution and those in Japan.

That benefits our respective institutions as well as the ongoing critical U.S.and Japanese relationship.
We are most grateful for the work our colleagues on both side of the Pacific have done in thisinitiative.”- Michael Pippenger, Vice President and Associate
Provost for Internationalization, University of Notre
Dame

TeamUp: Forging New And Innovative Agreements

TeamUp is a powerful campaign to create and expand vibrant, innovative agreements between U.S. and Japanese
universities to increase student mobility and enhance learning.

APPROXIMATELY

20%of all colleges and universities in Japanand the U.S. havealready been involvedin a TeamUp activity

TeamUp helps schools expand current partnerships and form new ones that:•

Reach students who wouldn’t typically study abroad•

Increase diversity by adding more international students•

Enhance student learning through new methods•

Integrate experiential learning abroad with on-campus curriculum•Expand faculty’s capacity to teach and research abroad

TeamUp Creates And Expands Vibrant Agreements
TEAMUP’S MISSION
Cultivate new, innovative

TeamUp Awareness
Drive

TeamedUp
Familiarization
Tour

Convening influential stakeholders, speaking at
key conferences, and hosting networking
opportunities to lay the groundwork to createand expand educational partnerships.

An opportunity for U.S. institutions, for whomcontacts and resources are a challenge, totravel to Japan to meet potential Japanese
partners; led and funded by TeamUp.

TeamUp
RoadMap

TeamUpMicro-Grants

A comprehensive online resource, written byexperts in the field, to lead U.S. and Japaneseinstitutions through the process of creating andexpanding partnerships.

An opportunity for U.S. institutions to design
an individualized program to travel to Japan tomeet potential Japanese partners; funded byTeamUp.

U.S.-Japan educational

partnerships
Help reach the goal ofdoubling U.S.-Japanstudent mobility by 2020
Create a diverse next generationof stewards of theU.S.-Japan relationship
Build a globally talented workforce

TeamUp Roadmap:
A Comprehensive Online Resource
The interactive TeamUp RoadMap, written by experts inthe field, leads U.S. and Japanese institutions throughthe process of creating and expanding partnerships.
The RoadMap was created by a bilingual, binational team ofexperts in binational partnerships:• DR. SUSAN BUCK SUTTON, Senior Advisor for International
Initiatives at the President’s Office at Bryn Mawr College (retired),
is a renowned expert on the changing nature of internationalizationand institutional partnerships.
• DR. SHINGO ASHIZAWA, Professor for Regional Development
Studies at Toyo University in Tokyo.
• MS. CLARE BANKS, Assistant Director for International Partnerships
and IIE Initiatives, Institute of International Education.
• DR. HIROSHI OTA, Professor, Center for Global Education andDirector, Global Education Program at Hitotsubashi University.

Why Partnerships?

Innovations

Presents the rationale for strategic
partnerships between U.S. andJapanese institutions that is neededfor support.

Discusses the wide range of exciting,new approaches that are enhancing
academic partnerships, including casestudies.

Partnership Basics

Resources

Guides leaders in creating effectiveand appropriate new partnerships—
critical for those new to U.S.—Japancollaborations.

Contains links to helpful websites, abibliography of useful publications, anda list of those engaged in partnerships.

Challenges

Engage and Share

Identifies the specific challenges thatcan make U.S.—Japanese
partnerships difficult and describes
practical solutions.

Invites you to interact with othersby sharing ideas, plans, andexperiences. Seeking a potential
partner? Tell us here.

The TeamUp Brand Paves The Way“TeamUp gave me the brand status I needed to approach
Japanese universities.”- Dr. Debra Nakama, University of Hawai’i Maui College

TeamUp Jumpstarts
New Partnerships

Spelman College + Fukuoka Women’s University
University of Massachusetts Boston + Chukyo University
University of Massachusetts Boston + Hokkaido University
For each MOU already
University of Massachusetts Boston + Ryukoku University
signed, there are multiple
University of Massachusetts Boston + Sophia University
MOUs in progress!
University of Massachusetts Boston + Soka University
Chatham University + Toyo University
University of Massachusetts Boston + Saitama University
Texas Tech University + Toyo University
University of Hawai’i Maui + University of the Ryukyus
Texas Tech University + Kindai University
University of Hawai’i Maui + Fukuyama City University
Texas Tech University + Aoyama Gakuin University
University of Hawai’i Maui + Onomichi City University
University of Oregon + Temple University - Tokyo
University of Hawai’i Maui + Yamaguchi Prefectural University
University of Oregon + Hitotsubashi University
Monroe Community College + Akita International University
University of Texas at San Antonio + Waseda University
Monroe Community College + Yamanashi Gakuin University
University of California, Berkeley + Tsukuba University
University of New Hampshire + Kanto Gakuin University

TeamUp Strengthens
Existing Partnerships

Columbia University + Waseda UniversityColumbia University + Doshisha University
University of California, Berkeley + Meiji University

Notre Dame University + Keio University
Notre Dame University + Sophia University
University of New Hampshire + Waseda University

University of Oregon + Meiji University
University of Oregon + Waseda University
University of Oregon + Akita International University
UC Education Abroad Program + University of Tokyo
UC Education Abroad Program + Hitotsubashi University
UC Education Abroad Program + International Christian University

University of Texas, San Antonio + Kumamoto University
University of Texas, San Antonio + Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

People-To-People
Connections Make All
The Difference

Community College:
University of Hawai’i Maui
College4,400 day and night students

The Situation

Dr. Debra Nakama

University of Hawai’i Maui College sought torekindle their international student program
after numbers began to decline.

Unique focus in cybersecurity, STEM,and increasing college matriculation
rates in underserved populations.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Dr. Lui Hokoana
Chancellor and CEO

Secured funding that led to significant
growth in enrollment, access to financial
aid, and service to underrepresented
groups.

People-To-People
Connections Make All
The Difference
TeamUp’s Actions

The Outcome

TeamUp selected Dr. Nakama to participate in theTeamedUp Familiarization Tour. Dr. Hokoana asked toaccompany the tour – and paid his own way.

The TeamedUp Familiarization tour enabled faster, deeper
connections on both sides. Typically, partnerships require many
meetings, trips and sometimes years to establish. Within twomonths, Maui College signed an MOU with the University of theRyukyus. Additional MOUs in the pipeline include Fukuyama CityUniversity, Okinawa International University, Fukuyama Municipal
High School and Yamaguchi Prefectural University.

In Tokyo, Fukuoka and Okinawa, TeamUp introduced theparticipants to administrators, faculty and students at 12
potential partner colleges and universities, as well as theU.S. ambassador and staff at the U.S. Embassy Tokyo andthe Consul General in Okinawa.
TeamUp also suggested Dr. Nakama look through theRoadMap for a partner – preferably one that was located ina sister city.

“Perhaps the most inspiring example of the program’s impact canbe found in the deepening relationship between University ofHawai’i Maui College and the University of the Ryukyus. Dr.
Nakama has already returned to Okinawa for a formal signingceremony with Dr. Kaori Kinjo at the University of the Ryukyus.”- Ms. Angela Shaeffer, Senior Director, Cultural Vistas

Key Introductions Lead
To Stronger Ties

The Situation
Many of University of Massachusetts Boston’s students areurban, first-generation college students who have typically
been under-served. University of Massachusetts Boston
had no Japanese partners, but were passionate about
expanding international ties and globalizing
the campus.

State School:
University of Massachusetts
BostonMore than 17,000 students

Dr. Winston E. Langley
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Scholarly interests include human rights,alternative models of world order, religion,and politics.

Dr. J. Keith Motley
Chancellor

Named as one of the Boston Business
Journal’s “Power 50” list of Boston-area
influencers for each of the past five years.

Key Introductions LeadTo Stronger Ties

TeamUp’s Actions

The Outcome

We invited University of Massachusetts Boston to participate in
our kickoff event of 31 U.S. and Japanese college anduniversity presidents and senior administrators and reception atthe U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Tokyo.

Provost Langley and President Hayashita finalized their firstagreement at the TeamUp breakfast and signed an MOU shortly
thereafter—the first MOU for the University of Massachusetts
Boston with a Japanese university.

There, Provost Langley connected with President Takashi
Hayashita of Sophia University. The correspondence between
the schools continued, and we invited both to the TeamUp
breakfast at NAFSA, two months later.

Now, University of Massachusetts Boston has six partnerships
with Japanese universities. Provost Langley attributes each ofthese to his involvement with TeamUp.

TeamUp Micro-Grant Program
Up to $7,000 awarded to a U.S. institution totravel to Japan to meet potential partners fromNovember, 2016 - August, 2017.

RecipientsooooooooooMonroe Community CollegeUniversity of New Hampshire
Spelman CollegeTexas Tech UniversityMid Michigan Community CollegeIllinois Institute of Technology
Clafin University
University of Rhode IslandCommunity College of Philadelphia
University of Texas San Antonio

University of New Hampshire Visits 12/16
 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu
 Tohoku University, Sendai
 Saitama University, Saitama Prefecture University of Tokyo/ Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama
 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo Waseda University, Tokyo“Our outreach was more successful than we imagined… there ismore potential with and interest on the part of the Japanese
universities than we are realistically able to pursue.”Dr. Greg Orificci, Director of Global Initiatives, UNH

TeamUp Familiarization TourIn May-June, 2016, TeamUp guided 7 representativesof 6 institutions to Tokyo, Fukuoka and Okinawa tomeet potential educational partners.

Recipientso University of Houston-Downtown
o University of Hawai’I Maui Collegeo Lurleen B. Wallace Community
Collegeo IES Abroado Spelman Collegeo Laguardia Community College,
University of New York (CUNY)

Meetings with Potential Partners
 Waseda University
 Kyushu University
 Fukuoka Women's University
 Fukuoka University
 Okinawa International University
 University of the Ryukyus
 Okinawa Institute of Technology
The group also met with officials at:
 U.S. Embassy Tokyo U.S. Consulate Okinawa
 Temple University
 Hitotsubashi University““I think every interaction we had with the different campuses and with the othermembers of the group helped meet my expected outcomes. The experience helped
me deepen my understanding of internationalizing my campus.”

TeamUp Fosters The Relationships Needed For AgreementsApproximately 20% of all colleges and universities in Japan and theUnited States have already been involved in a TeamUp activity

The TeamUp Roadmap
Facilitates Partnerships
NEARLYThe TeamedUp
Familiarization Tour
Involved More Than
175 Individuals

18,000 PEOPLE—the majority of whom are based inJapan—have visited our RoadMap
THERE ARE

29
17

active requests to partner posted byinstitutions in Japan
active requests to partner posted byinstitutions in the U.S.

The TeamUp Micro-Grant
Program Reached
Approximately 750
Representatives of 10 U.S. institutions
visited a combined total of about

50 UNIVERSITIES
7 representatives of 6 U.S. institutions
visited 12 Japanese universities
to meet with administrators, faculty,
and students

Participants also met about

25 GOVERNMENTOFFICIALS

speaking with administrators, faculty,
and students at each schoolstronger U.S.-Japan relationshipinformed and strategic workforce

global skills acquisition
greater student mobility

educational partnerships

Connecting the DotsTeamUp: Continuing The Good WorkRECOMMENDEDFOLLOW-ON
PROGRAMSTeamUpConcierge

TeamUpFollowUp

Explore hiring a specialist in U.S.-Japan
educational partnerships who helps institutions
find appropriate partners.

Reach out to past participants of TeamUp
programs to help them identify andremove barriers to partnerships.

TeamedUp
Familiarization Tours

Expand the TeamUp
RoadMap

Continue to lead and fund annual tours ofinstitutions in Japan by U.S. institutions
seeking connections.

Expand the RoadMap to create an even more
active resource for institutions
seeking partnerships.

TeamUpMicro-Grants
Continue to fund individualized programs forU.S. institutions to travel Japan to meetpotential Japanese partners.

“For me, study abroad is about more than taking classes inanother country. It is about experiencing a new culture,creating lasting friendships, getting out of your comfort
zone and developing as a global citizen and as a memberof the global workforce.”- D’Juan Mercado
Student, George Mason University
Studied at Akita International University
and Sophia University

PAMELA FIELDS
Project Director • TeamUp Campaign
pfields@jusfc.gov • 202.653.9800