Universities Look to Obama to Expand Their Role in Development Abroad

Autor/in	McMurtrie, Beth
Titel	Universities Look to Obama to Expand Their Role in Development Abroad
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2009) 20, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Federal Aid; Educational Opportunities; Needs Assessment; Politics of Education; Government Role; Economic Development; Developmental Programs; Global Approach; Private Financial Support; Africa; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bedarfsermittlung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Entwicklungsplan; Globales Denken; Private Investition; Afrika; USA
Abstract	As the Obama administration takes office, educators involved in development work abroad look to the future with hope. Although the economic downturn may constrain the new president's ability to make financial commitments abroad, Barack Obama has said he wants to double the amount of foreign assistance provided by the United States to fight poverty and hunger, and to strengthen developing economies and allow them to improve educational opportunities for their citizens. The main government entity through which colleges finance their overseas development projects is the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In interviews with "The Chronicle", the departing head of USAID, Henrietta H. Fore, and several higher-education officials talked about their work with the agency over the past couple of years, and where they think the next administration's priorities should lie. American educators active in Africa and elsewhere are concerned about what they say is USAID's diminished role in development work abroad. In conversations with the USAID transition team, Ms. Fore emphasized the importance of supporting education programs at all levels, primary through higher education. noting key areas in agriculture, financial management, and infrastructure development. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10