Overview

This book offers a nuanced analysis of a US-led foundation initiative of uncommon ambition, featuring seven foundations with a shared commitment to strengthen capacity in higher education in Sub-Saharan African universities. The book examines the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the novel context in which philanthropy operates today. This study therefore assesses the shifting grounds on which higher education globally is positioned and the role of global philanthropy within these changing contexts. This is especially important in a moment where higher education is once again recognized as a driver of development and income growth, where knowledge economies requiring additional levels of education are displacing economies predicated on manufacturing, and in a context where higher education itself appears increasingly precarious and under dramatic pressures to adapt to new conditions.    

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Author:   Fabrice Jaumont ,  Vartan Gregorian
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.144kg
ISBN:  

9781137593467

ISBN 10:   1137593466
Pages:   170
Publication Date:   21 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE ECOLOGY OF U.S. FOUNDATIONS IN AFRICA.- Chapter 1:  Century-Old Philanthropic Interests in Africa’s Higher Education.- Chapter 2 – Educational Philanthropists and Higher Education Developers.- PART TWO: THE COMMONALITIES OF PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS.- Chapter 3 – Foundations Come with Institutional Cultures.- Chapter 4 – When Foundations Work Together.- Chapter 5 – The Authority of Foundation Presidents.- PART THREE: FOUNDATIONS & THE QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY.- Chapter 6 – The Legitimacy of American Foundations.- Chapter 7 – The Discourse on Priorities among Donors.- Chapter 8 – Legitimacy in an Unequal Partnership.- Conclusion: Equal Participation and the Challenges of Higher Education Philanthropy.  

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Fabrice Jaumont serves as Education Attaché for the Embassy of France to the United States. He is also Program Officer for the FACE Foundation, an operating foundation, chartered by the State of New York and dedicated to nurturing French-American cultural exchange through innovative international projects in the arts and education. He holds a PhD  in International Development Education from the Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development at  New York University, USA. 

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