Cooperating Partner Alliance
CISabroad's Cooperating Partner Alliance (CPA), simply stated, is an agreement between your institution and the Center for International Studies that allows us to become an additional study abroad resource for your office while also giving your students certain financial and service benefits. We believe it is a "win-win" situation for all parties involved.
How does the CPA work?
As study abroad participation continues to grow, there is a corresponding increase in variety - variety in program offerings, variety in the student's backgrounds, variety in student requirements for a program. CISabroad's Cooperating Partner Alliance was formed with this in mind. The CPA is a program designed to compliment, not compete, with your existing study abroad opportunities. Becoming a member of the Alliance program allows you to expand your list of existing study abroad programs and services to accommodate more of your student's interests, budgets and personal preferences.
Furthermore, your commitment to becoming and staying an Alliance member does not bind you to any set number of students you must refer. We will treat you the same whether you send 1 student per year or 10 students per semester. We realize that you want to have as many trusted programs as possible to offer your students and we would like to be one of them.
In addition, as a CPA member you and your students have access to certain privileges not available to non-member institutions.
Member Benefits
By becoming a member of the Cooperating Partner Alliance, both you and your students will benefit. The following apply to our CPA members:
Institutional Benefits
- Support of your office through annual campus visits, provision of promotional material and access to resource materials.
- Access to our CPA Grant Program. All of your students will receive a grant from CISabroad for their summer, semester, or internship abroad.
- First choice in attending a CISabroad Familiarization Tour.
- Unrivaled service to your office and other important offices on your campus.
- Institution-specific academic charts to help you find the overseas university programs best-suited to your students.
Student Benefits
- Access to the CPA Grant Program ($250 off a semester program or $100 for summer/short-term)*
- First class service from start to finish.
*Students from Ohio University receive $400 off semester-long programs and $200 off summer/short-term programs
Becoming a CPA Member
Simply contact Kris Holloway, kholloway(at)cisabroad.com, Director of University Relations and Marketing, and she will discuss the possibility of your institution joining the Alliance.
For a current list of CPA member schools (affiliates), please click here.