In a global learning environment, the benefits of faculty communicating across academic units are growing. To encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas, CAPEC strives to facilitate scholarly communication and collaboration within the GMU community with regard to two important issues:

1. The way in which Asia Pacific economies and communities are affecting north America; and
2. The way in which a new type of "regional" academic studies is emerging, which links Asia Pacific studies with American studies.

CAPEC works with the following units on:

Issues on Asia Pacific economies:

• School of Public Policy (SPP)
  (In particular, the graduate program in International Commerce and Policy, MAICP)
  
• Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)

Issues on academic trans-Pacific regionalism:

• College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
  
• School of Management (SOM)
• Robinson Professors Program
• Center for Global Education (CGE)
• English Language Institute (ELI)
• Information Technology & Engineering (IT&E)

Asia Pacific activities:

• Office of International Students (OIPS)
• Asian-American Faculty & Staff Organization
• Chinese Students & Scholars Association (CSSA)
• ROC Students Association (ROCSA)
• Nippon Club (Japanese students association)
• Organization of Chinese American Women (OCAW)

In addition, CAPEC works with scholars and institutions from the Asia Pacific region and in our northern Virginia community.