Misson Statement
In recognition of the steadily increasing interdependence of the nations of the world, and in anticipation of a new Century of the Pacific - a century in which the world's political and economic center of gravity is expected to shift toward the countries along the Asian rim of the Pacific - The University of Iowa has established the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS). Like the University of which it is a part, the Center has teaching, research, and service missions.
Within its teaching mission, the Center encourages curricular and programmatic innovations designed to strengthen the educational programs of the University in the area dealing with East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.
As a research mission, the Center seeks and offers support for research projects designed to generate new knowledge about societies, institutions, and cultures of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, and tries to create reservoirs of expertise on that region of the world.
