The future of engineering education is being transformed through the emergence of new opportunities for partnerships made possible in an inter-connected world. One of the great promises of distributed learning is the opportunity for partnerships between diverse organizations that can produce superior outcomes. However, partnerships often fall short of their promise and end in disappointment. The presenters published a model for effective partnering over 10 years ago and have used it successfully with corporate and university groups. In this session we present our model and share our experiences in applying it. An interactive component calls upon participants to apply aspects of the model to their own programs and partnerships. Moderator: Diane Landsiedel, University of Michigan Presenters: Sue Bray, New Vistas and Kim Scalzo, State University of New York