A NEW VISION FOR COLLABORATION

The Open Society University Network is building deep institutional partnerships among diverse institutions. These partnerships span a range of collaborative activities—curricular, cocurricular, and research—that provide distinct opportunities for students and faculty to broaden their perspectives and learn from each other across geographic and cultural divides.

OSUN partners have embarked on a path of deeper integration by building a shared curriculum and embedding cross-institutional collaboration in their respective institutions. OSUN’s approach to integration transcends internationalization in higher education and provides students with collaborative learning and engagement experiences uniquely suited to the global challenges of our time.

Academic Freedom And Resilience

Since its inception, OSUN has responded to crises in Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. As academic freedom came under assault, and as authoritarian takeovers and war disrupted lives and the continuity of universities, OSUN was able to provide networked and institutional responses. OSUN partner institutions continue to develop and deliver a wide range of online courses, provide extensive academic and psychosocial support for students, and create pathways for displaced students to complete university degree programs.

The network has both addressed immediate needs and demonstrated resilience by sustaining opportunities for crisis-affected students to pursue rigorous higher education grounded in critical thinking and open intellectual inquiry. In summer 2023, in response to restrictions on New College of Florida’s academic freedom, OSUN welcomed the College’s students into OSUN courses.