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Higher Education for Development

Through Higher EducationSupporting DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS

Table of Contents

Message from the HED Advisory Board Chair

and HED Executive Director ....................................................1

New Partnerships in FY2012 ....................................................2

Programs and Major Initiatives ................................................7

Map of HED Partnerships in FY2012 .....................................12

Partnership in Focus: Ghanaian Health Sciences Interns

Explore HIV Patient Care Outside the Classroom ...............14

Beyond Partnership Management: Harnessing

Technical Expertise for Today’s Challenges .........................15

Facts and Figures for FY2012 ................................................16

HED Staff and Advisory Board ..............................................17

1 HED was founded in 1992 by the six major U.S. higher education associations: the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A♦P♦L♦U), and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

HED MissionHigher Education for Development1 diversifi es and expands the engagement of higher education in international development, focusing on human capital development and institutional strengthening necessary for economic growth and social advancement.

The HED 2012 Annual Report covers activities from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012, and is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of HED and do not necessarily refl ect the views of USAID or the U.S. government.

USAID Cooperative Agreement AEG-A-00-05-00007-00.

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Cover PhotosTop: Azra K. Nurkic, HEDBottom: Jeremy Woodhouse / Blend Images / Getty Images

Liba Taylor / Panos

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Message from the HED Advisory Board Chair and HED Executive Director

SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION. This year’s annual report theme has been the hallmark of HED since its founding by the nation’s six major higher education associations in 1992, under the name Association Liaison Offi ce for University Cooperation in Development.

For two decades, HED has harnessed the intellectual and innovative talent of faculty and scholars at U.S. colleges and universities to deliver academic-based solutions that address some of the world’s most complex problems. HED is uniquely positioned to tap rich networks of knowledge through strategic engagements with two- and four-year colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions.

Our higher education partnerships advance the U.S. government’s development objectives by expanding access to education, promoting economic growth, and investing in human capital—all key components to long-term social development. Capacity building partnerships contribute to the resilience of higher education institutions in developing nations, ensuring that they can continue to develop expertise and solutions to ever changing challenges. Years of experience coupled with support from the six major U.S. higher education associations have all contributed to HED’s successful track record.

HED’s focus on collaboration has enabled the program’s composition to steadily evolve: from granting smaller awards with shorter lifecycles, to managing complex partnerships with longer durations and greater investment, thus representing a commitment to higher education as a driver of economic and social development.

In FY2012, HED managed 70 active partnerships in 37 countries. Of those partnerships, 11 represented new initiatives that deepened U.S. higher education’s presence in countries such as the Philippines and Tunisia. Five new partnerships in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region are working with U.S. community colleges to strengthen the capacity of BMENA partner institutions in the critical program area of entrepreneurship, while another initiative is helping create a modern workforce to implement cleaner production practices across the Americas.

Much of the impressive work HED fulfi lled in FY2012 laid the foundation for new programmatic activity in FY2013. With an unprecedented 10 award competitions this year and negotiations complete, HED’s future emphasis will include promoting gender equality in countries including Armenia, Paraguay, Rwanda, and South Sudan under a new Women’s Leadership Program; addressing critical conservation issues in the Andean Amazon region; and building capacity in human rights law education in Colombia. These partnerships will redefi ne our work and continue to demonstrate higher education’s value in facilitating international development solutions.

As we celebrate 20 years of service, we are indebted to the U.S. Agency for International Development, its Missions and Bureaus, and the U.S. Department of State for the considerable investment they have made in higher education and their recognition of HED as a vital partner in tackling global development challenges through high-performing partnerships.

Terry W. Hartle Tully R. Cornick HED Advisory Board Chair HED Executive Director

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HED’S NEWEST PARTNERSHIPS are located in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. The partnerships are not only geographically diverse, but each is fi rmly anchored in support of USAID’s strategic mission to deliver lasting solutions to complex global challenges.

A common thread throughout all HED partnerships is the ability of diverse institutions of higher education to work together effi ciently while also empowering benefi ciaries to work on their own. Each new partnership resolves to build the capacity of overseas institutions through experiential learning, curriculum development, community outreach, and local involvement in order to build up higher education systems that support and inspire opportunities for personal growth as well as economic and social stability.

HED manages partnerships that are closely aligned with Goal 2 of the USAID Education Strategy 2011-2015, which calls for “improved ability of tertiary and workforce development programs to generate workforce skills relevant to a country’s development goals.” Through many sectors, HED partnerships are equipping the next generation of graduates with advanced skills across academic disciplines, hands-on training experiences, and community engagement opportunities.

Partnering for Local and Global Development Solutions

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Educating Liberia’s Future Health Providers

Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative • Indiana University Bloomington and the University of Liberia

The severe shortage of doctors, nurses, and midwives in Liberia has resulted in an acute gap

in the country’s ability to provide comprehensive and modern health care services. The reasons for the shortage are multifaceted and include a lack of educational resources and training available to students pursuing health care careers. Through a partnership between Indiana University Bloomington; the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine; and the University of Liberia (UL), the medical library at UL is adding health care textbooks to its stacks to better

serve nursing students. The partnership also will tackle curricula defi ciencies by creating a core health and life science undergraduate program, and a joint four-year bachelor’s program in nursing science to boost UL’s course offerings and the nation’s capacity to meet its health care demands. Thanks to the partnership, today’s life sciences students will be better prepared to serve a vulnerable population with skill and confi dence.

Some of the approximately 7,000 books delivered to the medical library of the University of Liberia’s A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine.

Out-of-school youth in the Philippines face an uphill battle including high unemployment and

insuffi cient job skills. A partnership between the University of Hawai’i and Southern Christian College (SCC) seeks to turn their circumstances around. “University Partnership Linking Out-of-School Youth to Agri-Entrepreneurship Development to Promote Job Opportunities for Business Scale-up for Mindanao” (UPLOAD JOBS for Mindanao) is strengthening SCC’s capacity to equip out-of-school youth with necessary skills training and prepare them for careers in agriculture. Mindanao’s climate, strong agricultural resources, and local investors create a nexus for mutually benefi cial opportunities for communities to grow their rural workforce, while creating a strong platform for societal and individual economic

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JOBS for Mindanao• University of Hawai’i and Southern Christian College

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stability. To further support food security, trade, youth empowerment, and community development, the University of Hawai’i and SCC partnership will establish a Center for Agricultural and Farmland Entrepreneurship at SCC.

Beverly C. Costales carefully prepares mushroom beds for production.

Courtesy of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

Dawn Hope D. Sulit, Southern Christian College

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Higher education capacity building in the Broader Middle East and North Africa region creates

linkages that result in a stronger, more skilled and highly employable workforce, which in turn leads to economic growth. These fi ve partnerships are training teachers and students at technical and community colleges to be competitive and plan for success through specialized programs in areas such as business administration, entrepreneurship, business incubation, and enterprise development. An incubator project in Jordan will lead students to embrace more proactive roles in business by unveiling the endless possibilities of self-employment. Bahrain faculty members are learning the details of

incubation management to guide students and bolster their interactions with local business stakeholders. In Lebanon, partners are easing language barriers with the introduction of English language courses to aspiring interior designers, architectural designers, and mechanics. Two partnerships in Morocco are creating curricula for faculty in entrepreneurship. One partnership includes a focus on marketing and accounting. The other is training instructors to lead business courses using a student group model that will strengthen the capacity of students to launch and operate their own businesses and provide technical assistance to local small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Empowering the Business Leaders of Tomorrow’s Workforce

Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA)-U.S. Community College Entrepreneurship Grants (formerly the BMENA-U.S. Community College Entrepreneurship Proposal Development Grants Program)

• Middlesex Community College; Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique de Rabat; and Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique de Mohammedia (Morocco)

• Gateway Technical College; Ecole Supérieure de Technologie Oujda; and Université Mohammed I Oujda (Morocco)

• Washtenaw Community College and Al Quds College (Jordan)

• Nassau Community College and Al Kafaàt Foundation Schools (Lebanon)

• Central Community College and Bahrain Polytechnic (Bahrain)

Cheerful members of an Al Quds College entrepreneurship club pose together after a workshop on student club governance in Jordan. The club is part of the Washtenaw Community College, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, and Al Quds College partnership and is a main component of its goal to promote an entrepreneurial mindset among students.

Victoria Bennett, Washtenaw Community College

Manny Sánchez, HED


Two new partnerships in Tunisia are fostering economic engagement and boosting

employability in the communities of Sidi Bouzid, Tataouine, and Médenine. The University of Colorado Boulder and ISETs in Tataouine and Médenine will ramp up vocational skills of students and out-of-work professionals that in turn will lead to employment in energy effi ciency, renewable energy, and cogeneration technologies for the industrial sector.

The partners also will create an Industrial Assessment and Sustainability Center housed at each ISET for industries to engage local businesses and communities, and act as a vehicle to fi nd relevant internships for students. The ISET Médenine branch of the center is focusing on the energy effi ciency of industrial facilities, while the

ISET Tataouine branch is focusing on generation technologies of industrial facilities.

The University of Colorado Boulder and the ISET in Sidi Bouzid are developing agricultural courses and seminars on water effi cient irrigation systems, better greenhouses, and dairy and crop storage. Partners, through community and agribusiness linkages, are shaping new opportunities for student internships that will lead to solving local community problems and strengthening the local economy.

ISET Sidi Bouzid also will establish a Sustainability Center for Agriculture and Agri-food that will keep faculty abreast of agribusiness needs and opportunities for curriculum development and work with the local community to place students in relevant internships.

• University of Colorado Boulder, Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques in Tataouine (ISET Tataouine), and Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques in Médenine (ISET Médenine)

• University of Colorado Boulder and Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques in Sidi Bouzid (ISET Sidi Bouzid)

Jeanne-Marie Duval, HED

Tunisia Job Opportunities for Business Scale-up (Tunisia JOBS)


Launching New Approaches to Protect Natural Resources

Building Capacity to Manage Water Resources and Climate Risk in the Caribbean• Columbia University and the University of the West Indies

Small, micro, and mid-sized companies need a more equitable and environmentally friendly

approach to trade and entrepreneurship in the United States and across Latin America and the Caribbean. When partners prepare curricula on greener manufacturing, entrepreneurs and existing

Nature’s unpredictable extreme temperatures affect everyone, directly or indirectly. From

long-lasting heat waves, to untimely hurricanes and blizzards, to droughts and fl oods, climate change is not an idea—it is a reality. Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) is partnering with the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), to identify effective strategies to manage risks related to climate and water under a three-year partnership, supported by the U.S. Department of State. The Building Capacity to Manage Water Resources and Climate Risk partnership will produce results that will include short courses and training modules to support water and

climate change related education at UWI; and a long-term research agenda to address specifi c questions related to climate change adaptation and water resources management. Partners also will create a community of practice to work in an interdisciplinary fashion to address the challenges identifi ed and inform policy-level decisions.

Pathways to Cleaner Production in the Americas• Illinois Institute of Technology

• New York Institute of Technology

• Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

• Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

• Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (El Salvador)

• Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (Peru)

companies can adapt their approaches to lower production and better manage natural resources. Partners are strengthening courses on cleaner production and creating opportunities for practical learning experiences for students working with small- and medium-sized enterprises. Pathways to Cleaner Production in the Americas is leading the way toward education for the operation of “clean” businesses without sacrifi cing sustainable growth.

Azra K. Nurkic, HED

Jacob Silberberg / Panos


Education Partners: Nurturing Minds and Inspiring Innovative Change

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PhotosTop: Anne Guison-Dowdy, HEDBottom: Troy Wanek, Red Rocks Community College


Job Opportunities for Business Scale-up (JOBS)

Countries: Barbados, Mexico, Philippines, and Tunisia

Funders: USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, Offi ce of Education; U.S. Department of State; USAID/Barbados and Eastern Caribbean; USAID/Mexico; and USAID/Philippines

Active Partnerships in FY2012: 5

Participants learn about sustainable building practices during a hands-on activity under the Mexico JOBS Green Construction diplomado (certifi cate course), developed by partners at Universidad Iberoamericana, Tijuana and Colorado State University.

Expanding opportunities while improving knowledge and skills is at the heart of the Job Opportunities

for Business Scale-up (JOBS) Initiative. JOBS addresses the call from a USAID worldwide initiative to promote postsecondary skills training in regions where young adults are experiencing a shortage of options for employment and entrepreneurship.

JOBS partnerships in Barbados, Mexico, the Philippines, and Tunisia take location-specifi c approaches to empower youth to form businesses and create jobs that provide opportunities for better livelihoods. In the Philippines, the focus is on enhancing skills and knowledge to grow and market high-quality, high-value agricultural products. In Tunisia, JOBS partnerships are pairing students with local businesses to build skills and multiply job prospects while providing services that sustain local agriculture

and industry. To support diversifi cation of Barbados’ hospitality-centered economy, JOBS partners have cast a broad net to give students an employment foothold in fi elds such as fi lm production, high-tech ventures, and alternative energy. In contrast, partners in Mexico pinpointed a workforce development need in Tijuana related to training unemployed and out-of-school youth in green construction techniques.

These partnerships place a strong emphasis on collaborations with local governments, public and private sector employers and industry, and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) to determine workforce needs and provide appropriate on-the-job training. Such linkages form an essential component as the partners employ a variety of approaches to upgrade workforce skills for young adults and to establish and improve relevant postsecondary curricula.

Courtesy of Colorado State University


Country: Barbados

Funder: U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Agency for International Development


Caribbean Region Climate Adaptation Partnership Initiative

As wind, water, solar radiation, currents, and temperature ranges shift from their patterns, the

effects of climate change are increasingly evident throughout the Caribbean. Intensifying weather events, coral bleaching, and erosion pose signifi cant threats to the region’s residents, ecosystems and economic sectors including tourism, fi shing, and agriculture.

The Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, established in 2009, aims to build the region’s capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change and prepare Caribbean institutions to take leadership roles in creating and implementing these adaptive strategies.

HED’s Caribbean Region Climate Adaptation Partnership Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of State, supports these goals by expanding capacity at the University of the West Indies’ Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), to drive regional innovation in the area of climate adaptation in the Caribbean.

With the expert guidance of this collaboration and strong stakeholder endorsement among many Central American countries, the Central American SBDC collaboration is delivering customized training in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. In FY2013, it will expand to Colombia and Peru. Based on UTSA model projects, an entire region of government offi cials, business owners, educators, and administrators have access to well-crafted curriculum training to become SBDC counselors and directors. With local capacity sharing under way, the partners and a diverse group of future SBDC counselors and directors are well on their way to building strong foundations for pilot centers and, ultimately, local economic growth opportunities.

Countries: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama

Funders: U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development


The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the lead U.S. partner of a multi-country collaboration

with the Centro Regional de Promoción de la MIPYME, a subsidiary of Secretaria de Integración Económica de Centro America that convenes all Central American government offi cials with direct responsibility for their respective small- and medium-sized enterprise development portfolios.

Born out of a highly successful UTSA and Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara partnership that began in 2003 as part of HED’s Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Mexico program, this partnership is a key action item in the Department of State’s Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative. It will help establish pilot small business development centers (SBDCs) to create jobs and promote greater regional economic integration and stability.

Central American Small Business Development Centers

Azra K. Nurkic, HED


Optics Professor Hanan Abd Moez Abd El Megaid uses interactive activities in her large lecture class with more than 100 fi rst-year students. She learned these techniques through professional development in Universal Design for Learning at Highline Community College. The Optics program at Mataria Technical College is the only one of its kind in Egypt and its students are more than 60 percent female.

Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco

Funders: USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, Offi ce of Education; and the U.S. Department of State


The youth unemployment crisis in the Middle East and North Africa region calls for a multidisciplinary

approach. Partnerships are building vocational skills so students are properly trained and prepared for jobs and fostering entrepreneurship development to create new job opportunities.

Essential to the success of the BMENA-U.S. Community College Initiative partnerships is their emphasis on linking technical and vocational education programs with the needs of the private sector. U.S. community colleges and technical/vocational institutions are natural partners for this task, as many maintain alliances with local businesses and industry, as well as larger corporations.

Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA)-U.S. Community College Initiative

Building on two separate small grants initiatives, the BMENA-U.S. Community College Initiative partnerships build the capacity of the BMENA partner institutions to meet the knowledge gaps of faculty, students, and professionals to address the evolving demands of local and competitive global job markets.

University-affi liated centers of excellence are dotting the landscape of higher education

in Africa and enabling home-grown solutions to blossom in communities. The 11 partnerships that make up the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative are answering sub-Saharan Africa’s most pressing development challenges, such as food security in South Sudan and Senegal, with improved curricula, enhanced higher education infrastructure, dedicated faculty development, cross-border alliances, and creative solutions that harness local knowledge.

Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative

Countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, and Uganda

Funders: USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, Offi ce of Education; USAID Bureau for Africa; and USAID Missions


The Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative partnerships leverage resources and strive to facilitate information sharing across regions for the purpose of water resource management in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso; solar energy use in South Africa, Rwanda, and Ethiopia; health worker training in Liberia and Ghana; trans-boundary diseases research in Uganda; improving livelihoods in dryland ecosystems in Kenya and agricultural communities in Malawi; and teacher education in Kenya. Since so many of Africa’s development challenges are global in nature, the benefi ts of these higher education partnerships may begin in Burkina Faso, Malawi, or Uganda, but the impact is shared by all.

Tim Wrye, Highline Community College


While the need to address industrial contamination and promote the wise use of natural resources

is widely recognized, also worthy of exploration is the added value of cleaner production as a tool for sustainable development that advances economic and social progress.

Higher education plays an essential role in building the capacity of researchers to craft new practices for cleaner production and develop a regionally based cadre of engineers. Science and technological innovation, information and expertise sharing, knowledge application and development—as well

as the essential function of preparing students to meet the needs of the 21st century workforce—are all competencies that universities are uniquely positioned to teach as the cleaner production sector expands in the Western Hemisphere.

This new activity, funded under the U.S. Department of State’s Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative, seeks to enhance capacity in Latin America to keep pace with rising demand for professionals and businesses that desire to adopt cleaner production practices in manufacturing, and improve local capacity to meet the educational and workforce training needs of the future.

The HED partnership established in FY2012 is creating cross-border collaboration to address both the growing needs and the expanding opportunities in the cleaner production sector. In 2013, the initiative will expand into Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

Pathways to Cleaner Production in the Americas

Countries: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Peru

Funder: U.S. Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientifi c Affairs


Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and the West Bank and Gaza

Funder: U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative


Launched in 2003, the U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships program has infl uenced curriculum

and course delivery in the Middle East through 23 partnerships in 13 countries. Partnerships have focused on topics including civic education, journalism, economic growth, and education. As the U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships program completed activities in FY2012, one partnership focused on strengthening the fi eld of gender and women’s studies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The University of Southern Maine and American University of Sharjah launched an Arab Region Gender

and Women’s Studies Consortium involving nearly a dozen gender and women’s studies experts in the UAE and various universities from throughout the region. The consortium organized the fi rst-ever gender and women’s studies conference in which faculty shared new ideas, research, and fi ndings. During this three-day event, nearly 90 research papers were presented primarily by female scholars.

U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program

Jeanne-Marie Duval, HED


HED Partnerships

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Uganda

Tunisia

Philippines

Albania

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Bahrain

Namibia Botswana

Tanzania

Burkina Faso

Female – 3,403Male – 5,173

6,206 Underserved or Disadvantaged People Accessing Tertiary Education

Programs in FY2012

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Senegal

Burundi

Somalia

Egypt

Kenya

Jordan

United Arab Emirates

Pakistan Nepal

Ethiopia

Malawi

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Liberia

Morocco Lebanon

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From left to right: University of Ghana student Mabel Torku, head nurse Sister Mary Magdalene Arthur-Mensah, University of Ghana student Sylvia Takyi, and Rev. Father Augustine Essel on the grounds of Apam Catholic Hospital.

Residents living in rural communities across Ghana receive information about HIV/AIDS and prevention of the disease through basic, often

limited resources offered by local hospitals and clinics. In addition, the shortage of well-trained medical professionals who offer proper care to people living with HIV/AIDS remains an ongoing public health challenge.

A multi-faceted partnership between the University of Ghana and Brown University is addressing the obstacles of HIV/AIDS management in Ghana through educational offerings, training, research, and community engagement.

Among their strategies, partners implemented a six-week program that allows talented students from UG the opportunity to intern at nearby rural hospitals. While there, the students receive hands-on experience and learn practical approaches to responding to the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, whose conditions can be further complicated when they also suffer from illnesses such as malaria, tuberculosis, hypertension, and malnutrition.

UG students Mabel Torku and Sylvia Takyi participated in the program, serving as interns at Apam Catholic Hospital in the areas of nursing and dietary care,

Ghanaian Health Sciences Interns Explore HIV Patient Care Outside the Classroom

respectively. “When they fi rst come, they have fears. They are shy,” said Rev. Father Augustine Essel, head of the hospital’s HIV unit. “After, they see how we are and they are relaxed.”

Through the University of Ghana-Brown University partnership, Torku, a nurse of 18 years, fi rst learned how to care for HIV patients. “I have never come to learn about an HIV person until now,” said Torku. “I had the opportunity to put smiles on people’s faces.When you come to rural areas you realize how much they need you.”

For Takyi, the program opened her eyes to patients with diseases she had not seen in the city. “It made me read a lot and made me conscious of other things that I had not seen before.”

When Takyi observed patients consuming food brought in from vendors outside the hospital, she alerted staff and took action, designing a hospital menu, which was quickly put in place. By the end of her internship, Takyi was asked to serve as a hospital dietitian.

The expansion of students’ health care skills is a direct result of new experiences gained at rural hospitals that benefi t the hospital staff, the interns, and ultimately, the patients.

Awewura Kwara, Brown University

PARTNERSHIP IN FOCUS


and reporting the impact of higher education in development. This positions HED as an ideal development partner for funders, U.S. and host-country higher education institutions, and other stakeholder groups. This collaborative approach has earned HED a reputation as a “learning institution” that matures in knowledge as its partners thrive.

In FY2012, HED experienced increased demand from USAID for expertise in monitoring and evaluation and program design. HED responded to 19 requests for technical assistance, which included fi eld work in Armenia, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, and Tunisia.

Because of its unparalleled access to U.S. higher education, HED often is called upon by USAID to deliver technical assistance to its Missions and Bureaus. HED is able to quickly gather thought leaders and practitioners from myriad academic disciplines to respond to the demand for expertise. Assistance may include support with needs assessments, gap analyses, and strategic planning.

HED is at the center of higher education and international development, linking institutions to deliver innovative solutions to global challenges.

HED has been setting a high standard of excellence for partnership success that translates into exponential impact. By designing Requests for Applications that are aligned with USAID priorities, providing for fair and transparent competitions among U.S. applicants, and monitoring and evaluating partnership implementation, HED plays a critical role in ensuring higher education’s successful contributions to development.

In recent years, HED has redefi ned itself and its approach toward development by intensifying results-based management of its higher education partnerships. A new internal performance management system and a redesigned website that introduced a new online application tool provide evidence of the transformative power of higher education.

Through conferences, roundtable discussions, partners meetings, and program monitoring visits, HED makes knowledge sharing possible. Such events create an environment where opportunities for partnership planning and institutional cross-collaboration grow. HED provides capacity building opportunities that highlight best practices for designing and managing programs and measuring

BEYOND PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT

Harnessing Technical Expertise for Today’s Challenges

Morris Juma, managing director of Agrolife Limited in South Sudan, shows tomatoes growing inside a demo plot at Agrolife Headquarters in Juba. The company is partnering with the “Rebuilding Higher Education in Agriculture in South Sudan” partnership.

Azra K. Nurkic, HED


8 New partnerships funded by USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, Offi ce of Education; USAID Missions; and additional USAID Bureaus

3 New partnerships funded by the U.S. Department of State

$12,986,204 Total new awards*

$5,875,065 Total proposed cost share for new awards*

15 Countries

9 U.S. states

15 U.S. institutions

16 Host-country institutions

*These funds will be expended over the next two to three years, depending on the length of the partnership.

Region Number of Partnerships

Africa 22

Asia 3

Europe and Eurasia 1

Latin America and the Caribbean 27

Middle East and North Africa 17

Total 70

Facts and Figures for FY2012

Minority-Serving Institutions Number of Partnerships

Historically Black Colleges and Universities 2

Hispanic-Serving Institutions 5

Total 7

USAID Sector Number of Partnerships

Agriculture/Agribusiness/Animal Science 4

Democracy and Governance/Public Policy/Journalism

9

Economic Opportunity/Business 8

Education 7

Environment/Natural Resources 18

Health/Population/Nutrition/HIV/AIDS 4

Information and Communication Technology/Distance Learning

1

Workforce/Entrepreneurship Development 19

Total 70

Higher Education Association Membership Number of Partnerships

American Association of Community Colleges 8

American Association of State Colleges and Universities

8

American Council on Education 61

Association of American Universities 22

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

45

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

12

Funding and Support at a Glance for New Partnerships


HED StaffEXECUTIVE STAFF

Tully R. Cornick, Executive Director

Jeanne-Marie Duval, Deputy Executive Director

Adriana Lacerda, Budget Offi cer

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Ronna Eddington, Executive Assistant/Offi ce Manager

Wanda Womack-Bolden, Administrative Specialist

COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Kellee Edmonds, Director of Communications

Lynn Simmonds, Communications Manager

Thomas Forrest, Communications Assistant

PROGRAM QUALITY AND IMPACT STAFF

Azra Kacapor Nurkic, Director of Program Quality and Impact

Jessica Bagdonis, Associate Director of Program Quality and Impact

Anne Guison-Dowdy, Senior Specialist, Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting

Omri Malul, Senior Specialist, Program Quality and Strategy

Noopur Vyas, Senior Program Quality Manager

PROGRAMS STAFF

Jay Taylor, Director of Programs

Teshome Alemneh, Program Offi cer, Africa

Diana Páez-Cook, Program Offi cer, Latin America and the Caribbean

Kristin Bushby, Program Specialist

Hazel Cipolle, Senior Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa

Marilyn Crane, Senior Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa

Curtis Hudson, Program Specialist, Broader Middle East and North Africa

Charlie Koo, Senior Program Specialist, Global Partnerships

Brooks Marmon, Program Specialist

Crystal Morgan, Program Specialist, Africa

Manny Sánchez, Senior Program Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean

Allison Schachter, Program Specialist, Africa

HED Advisory BoardTerry W. Hartle (Chair) Senior Vice President, Division of Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education | www.acenet.edu

James F. McKenney Special Assistant to the President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges | www.aacc.nche.edu

Arlene Jackson Director, International Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities | www.aascu.org

John C. Vaughn Executive Vice President, Association of American Universities | www.aau.edu

Craig Lindwarm Assistant Director, International Issues, Congressional and Governmental Affairs,

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities | www.aplu.org

Maureen R. Budetti Director of Student Aid Policy, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities | www.naicu.edu

HED Staff and Advisory Board*

*As of May 2013

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