AUC COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Maria M Moawad
22-10-2019

The American University in Cairo (A-U-C) is known for its strong collaborations with

other universities to expose students to liberal arts on an international and local scale. A-

U-C has done that in many ways through study abroad programs, exchange study

programs, partnerships, and even in-class collaborations. Professor Irene Strasser from

the A-U-C, teaches her Lifespan Development psychology course in collaboration with

the American University in Paris, (A-U-P). Professor Strasser stresses on how the liberal

arts education exposes her students to diverse perspectives.

Strasser: “Liberal arts education is all about so we are trying to prepare for Altogether.
We're trying to achieve for young people to be global citizens in a global world. Being
open to reflect on my own stereotypes I hold and things like that and also some dealing
with technology right.” (1:03) (0:25)

According to the A-U-C official website, the university holds responsibility to engage far

beyond the process of academia to ensure that people can gain access to the intellectual

resources of the university, in addition to the university’s to enrich its learning

environment through a comprehensive engagement strategy using full array of its

sources. One of those resources is the C-L-T. The C-L-T stimulates learning

environments for A-U-C faculty through providing them with support and resources.

Strasser: “First of all, also for our project we really had some wonderful support from
C-L-T in terms of finding because that's a crucial thing. Finding reliable and stable
applications and software in order to do what we wanted to do and they provided a lot of
support which was really wonderful.” (3:46) (0:22)
According to Strasser, this collaboration is planned to be done by next semester as well

but with a different university.

Strasser: “We'll meet online and we'll introduce ourselves. (5:13) (0:3)
And try to find out whether we can bring our two life span classes next semester together
and what we can do and how we can involve students.” (5:17) (5:25)

In consonance with the A-U-C official website, the university currently has around 170

international partnerships with top universities worldwide. It has also recently signed a

three-year agreement with King’s college London to enhance students with exposure to

the global world, which will forever be a privilege to A-U-C students.

Maria Moawad, A-U-C Radio.