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The four partnerships join 17 other partnerships previously awarded through open competitions as part of the U.S.–Middle East University Partnership program. The partnerships selected for awards are: William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan/Institut National de Commerce (Algeria). The partners seek to build the capacity of female managers to take on leadership roles. With a focus on training female managers to meet the changing needs of the Algerian business community, the partnership goals include increasing their employment prospects by teaching both practical and analytical skills, as well as by developing collaborative linkages with the Algerian private sector. University of Louisiana at Lafayette/Qatar University (Qatar). The partners are collaborating to enhance news reporting and other journalism skills through the mass communication program at Qatar University. Key elements of this enhancement will include a curriculum review, new course offerings, a student newspaper, and the integration of new communication technology into the classroom. Through a student and faculty exchange program, program participants also will have access to visiting professors and scholars as well as an opportunity to participate in professional international internships. Michigan State University/The Lebanese American University (Lebanon). The partners seek to create a model information and communications technology (ICT) education program in Lebanon based on a successful program at Michigan State University. The goal of the partnership is to strengthen the capacity for ICT training and also to support new gender-inclusive approaches to learning. The creation of an ICT certificate program that is offered both on the campus of The Lebanese American University and at off-campus locations will help Lebanese educators, particularly women, as they develop new strategies for teaching. University of Michigan/University of Garyounis (Libya). The faculty of the University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Management and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Garyounis (UG), with the support of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce and the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), seek to modernize the business and economics teaching at UG. They will update the curriculum, teaching materials, and skills of faculty members; improve the efficiency of the administration of the faculty of economics and commerce; and expose UG faculty and students to American approaches to business and economics education. MEPI provides tangible support to reformers in the region so democracy can spread, education can thrive, economies can grow, and women can be empowered. The initiative has invested more than $293 million in four years in more than 350 programs in 16 countries and the Palestinian territories. In the education pillar, MEPI envisions education systems that enable all people, especially women and girls, to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in today’s economy and improve their quality of life. For more information about MEPI, please visit: www.mepi.state.gov. The HED program engages the resources of higher education institutions in the United States and abroad for global social and economic development through human and institutional capacity building. HED assists the nation’s six major higher education associations and their members in partnering with USAID, as well as other development agencies and donor organizations. For more information about HED, please visit www.HEDprogram.org.
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