ISU, Moroccan businessman partner on proposed international university

Indiana State University has taken its eight-year-old partnership with higher education in Morocco to a new level by signing an agreement with a leading businessman and philanthropist who envisions a new International University in Morocco.

The agreement calls for Indiana State and Group Chaabi YNNA Holding to conduct an in-depth feasibility study of a not-for-profit private university mid-way between Rabat and Casablanca.

“Indiana State’s rich history of collaboration in Morocco, by virtue of the work you all have done and the caliber of programs, has garnered a sense of trust and forms the basis upon which this significant new step can be taken,” Benjamin told ISU faculty and staff during a signing ceremony Tuesday (May 27).

The project will help Indiana State continue to internationalize its campus, increase enrollment, provide more study abroad opportunities for ISU students, enhance the university’s status internationally, broaden opportunities for faculty exchanges and collaborative research, and secure additional funding through grants, contracts and gifts, Benjamin said.