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The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) were created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation's capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CIBER program links the manpower and information needs of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities across the U.S.
Thirty-one universities were designated as centers that serve as regional and national resources to business, students, and academics. Together, the CIBERs form a powerful network focused on improving American competitiveness and providing comprehensive service and programs that help U.S. business succeed in global markets.
About Temple CIBER
Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management created a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in October 2002, thanks to a four year grant of $1.16 million from the U.S. Department of Education.
Because of its excellence in academic research, curriculum development and outreach programs in international business, Temple’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), housed in The Fox School of Business and Management, has been renewed for four more years with a $1.33 million award from the U.S. Department of Education.
“This highly competitive CIBER grant confirms the significant advances we have made to expand the depth and reach of The Fox School’s international business programs and research, and it recognizes the many achievements of our CIBER,” Fox School Dean M. Moshe Porat said.
“We look forward to the center continuing as a catalyst for international business, research and education within the Temple community and the region.”
In its first four years of programming, the Temple CIBER has supported extensive research, including four annual international business research forums, and outreach, including developing international business faculty in community colleges and developing women entrepreneurs for the global marketplace. The CIBER also created new international study abroad and student exchange partnerships with schools in France, Ireland, Mexico, India and the United Arab Emirates.
Over the next four years, Temple CIBER will focus on building bridges with two regions of great importance to the United States: India and the MENA region, which consists of the Middle East and North Africa. The center also will concentrate on research on global security, risk management and critical language development.
“Our CIBER promotes international trade and commerce by spearheading extensive collaboration within Temple and with other regional academic institutions, businesses and executives in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware,” said Arvind Phatak, executive director of Temple’s CIBER and the Carnell Professor of International Business. “This grant will enable us to continue our work linking this region to global trade and commerce.”
The mission of the Temple CIBER is to promote greater involvement in international business activities by academic institutions, business firms, and small and medium size enterprises in the Eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware region. Temple is one of only 31 Universities in the nation to receive this highly competitive grant.
The Temple CIBER promotes competitiveness of area businesses in the global marketplace through trade education, further developing the international content of the Fox School curriculum, supporting research in areas of international business, offering language and culture exposure, as well as overseas work and study experiences for Fox School students.