A recent article in University World News by Clare Banks, Assistant Director for International Partnerships at IIE, cites several main issues facing U.S. higher education institutions as they explore potential opportunities for increasing academic collaboration with Cuba. This article is a timely preface to President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba this week, and provides U.S. colleges and universities with key advice for partnering with counterparts in Cuba. Since 2014, IIE has led the Cuba Higher Education Initiative which offers programs and resources for expanding U.S. – Cuba academic engagement. The initiative has included several national conference calls, a briefing paper, and the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP) in 2015, which included a delegation of U.S. colleges and universities to Cuba. IIE will be launching the 2016 IAPP Cuba program this spring. For more information, please visit the IAPP website.