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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

Global Partners in Education (GPE) is a membership organization of Higher Education Institutions that are committed to providing their students opportunities for meaningful and impactful international education experiences through Global Virtual Exchange (GVE). Our goal is to prepare our students to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world by providing greater access to experiences that help them improve the intercultural communication and collaboration skills necessary to effectively navigate culturally diverse environments.

About GPE

Our programming helps students better understand both themselves and their place in the world as well as how to understand, respect and effectively collaborate with individuals from diverse cultures. Through real time interactions with partner students from multiple countries, students develop intercultural communication skills, learn to value others’ perspectives and acquire strategies for effectively working together to complete projects.

2016 NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award

2014 QS Reimagine Education Award

2008 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award

Our Network

Global Partners in Education is forward looking and innovative as it builds a global community that promotes intercultural skill building. GPE member institutions around the world are committed to using Global Virtual Exchange to give their students meaningful global experiences so they can thrive in today's interconnected world. All partners commit to offering at least one GPE course per year, but most do more.

43 Partners Institutions
24 Countries
More than 23,000 students have participated in GPE programming over the last 15 years of programming.

News & Events

13th Annual Global Partners in Education Conference
05/18/2020 - 05/20/2020
University of Shimane
Hamada, Shimane, Japan
GPE XIII provides an opportunity for faculty, technical support personnel, students, and administrators from GPE partner institutions around the world and other interested parties to share research and best practices, discuss ways to improve existing programming and ideas for new programs, network with fellow participants, and explore the conference theme, “Fostering Cross-Cultural Awareness Through Education.”
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5th Global Issues Conference
03/30/2020 - 04/03/2020
Online
GIC is a virtual research conference that provides students and instructors at GPE partner institutions an opportunity to present and discuss their original research with an international audience.
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IVEC 2020
09/14/2020 - 09/16/2020
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
IVEC 2020 is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange, providing a forum for an audience of deans, directors, faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and professionals from institutions around the world interested in technology enabled global learning, international education and new pedagogies.
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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

About GPE

Building skills to navigate the global landscape.

Our Network

News & Events

13th Annual Global Partners in Education Conference

5th Global Issues Conference

IVEC 2020

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