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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (12/9/05) Contact Information: NEW UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE MIDDLE EAST REFORM The two partnerships join 15 other partnerships previously awarded through open competitions as part of the U.S. – Middle East University Partnership program. (Click here to view the previous partnerships.) The partnerships selected for awards are: Northern Kentucky University/United Arab Emirates University (United Arab Emirates). The partnership between Northern Kentucky University and the United Arab Emirates University, with the support of Yale University, Saint Joseph College, King Saud University, and Sultan Qaboos University, seeks to support changes in teacher education in UAE. The partnership goals are to improve the training of English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers through the collaborative development of a service learning curriculum which links ESL teaching to community needs and to improve pedagogical approaches to teaching ESL. University of Connecticut/Menoufia University (Egypt). The partners seek to develop Menoufia University’s (MU) capacity to contribute to the national effort to reduce the gender gap in Egypt through the promotion of women in social and economic development in Egypt. Consistent with the MEPI goal of enhancing the quality of education in the region, the partnership will promote curriculum development at MU, build capacity at both MU and University of Connecticut to conduct outreach-oriented research on women’s social, political, and economic status, and connect MU faculty working on women’s issues to community and non-governmental organizations that can both facilitate and benefit from their research. MEPI was founded to work with governments and people in the Arab world to expand educational, political, and economic reform efforts and women’s empowerment in the Middle East as well as expanded opportunity for all people of the region. The initiative strives to link Arab, U.S. and global private sector businesses, non-governmental organizations, civil society elements, and governments together to develop innovative policies and programs to achieve this mission. 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 the quality of their life and that of their families. For more information about MEPI and specific programs please visit: http://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 http://www.HEDprogram.org. ###
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