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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (3/12/04)
Contact Information:
Tony Wagner, ALO
Tel: 202-478-4704
E-mail: wagnera@aascu.org
Website: www.aascu.org/alo
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ALO Announces 18 New Higher Education Partnerships for Global Development
Washington, DC (March 12, 2004) - The Association Liaison Office for University
Cooperation in Development (ALO), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID), announces over $1.7 million in
awards under its peer-reviewed 2003 Institutional Partnerships competition.
Eighteen U.S. colleges and universities received the awards for projects
with colleges and universities in 17 USAID-assisted countries. The awards
are for up to $100,000 each with a minimum requirement for matching funds
of 25 percent.
The partnerships address one of several USAID priorities in higher education:
higher education leadership and administrative transformation, workforce
development and community colleges, agriculture and environment, management
of private and public sector institutions in countries severely affected
by HIV/AIDS, improving the quality of teacher training colleges and institutions,
and MBA programs and private sector development. In addition, several
partnerships received awards for activities that reflect emerging policy
and technical solutions to development challenges.
The partnerships selected for awards are:
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Boston University/Lesotho College of Education (Lesotho)
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Central Connecticut State University/University of the West Indies
(Jamaica)
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Cleveland State University/University of Rijeka (Croatia)
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Community Colleges for International Development/Polytechnic of Namibia
(Namibia)
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Indiana State University/Mzuzu University (Malawi)
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Indiana University/American University-Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
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Johnston Community College/Thai Ministry of Education (Thailand)
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Kentucky Community and Technical College System/Kien Giang Community
College (Vietnam)
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Maricopa Community College District/Université d’Abomey
(Benin)
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Northern Illinois University/Université de Mbuji Mayi (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
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Purdue University/Polytechnic Institute, Education University, Kabul
University (Afghanistan)
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Texas A&M University/University of Malawi (Malawi)
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University of Colorado at Boulder/Centro Federal de Educacao Tech.
De Minas Gerias (Brazil)
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University of Illinois at Chicago/The National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy” (Ukraine)
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University of Missouri/University of the Western Cape (South Africa)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison/Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
(Guatemala)
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Utah State University/Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (Dominican
Republic)
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Southern Connecticut State University/Technical University of Cuj-Napoca,
Cluj County (Romania)
ALO, established in 1992, assists the nation's six major higher education
associations build their partnership with USAID and help their member
institutions foster cooperative development partnerships with colleges
and universities abroad. Uniquely positioned to promote the involvement
of U.S. higher education in global development, ALO seeks to encourage
international partnerships to address development goals. For more information
about ALO, please visit: http://www.aascu.org/alo.
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