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Author Jaumont, Fabrice, author

Title Unequal partners : American foundations and higher education development in Africa / Fabrice Jaumont
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Philanthropy and education
Philanthropy and education.
Contents Foreword; Series Editor Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction: American Philanthropyand the Rebirth of Higher Education in Africa ; Notes ; Bibliography; Part I: The Ecology of U.S.€Foundations in Africa; Chapter 2: Century-Old Philanthropic Interests in Africa's Higher Education ; Higher Education in Africa and the Presence of US Foundations; Capacity Building and Institutional Development ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Chapter 3: Educational Philanthropists and€Higher Education Developers; Language Bias and€Grantmaking in€Africa
NotesBibliography; Part II: The Commonalities of Philanthropic Foundations; Chapter 4: Foundations Come with€Institutional Cultures; Institutional Cultures Versus Bureaucratic Processes; Notes; Chapter 5: When Foundations Work Together; The Partnership For€Higher Education In€Africa; Collaborative Engagement and€Individualistic Interests; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: The Authority of Foundation Presidents ; Like-Minded Leaders; The Presidents and€Their Boards; On Leadership and€Ownership; Notes; Bibliography; Part III: Foundations & the Question of Legitimacy
Chapter 7: The Legitimacy of American Foundations Skepticism About the€Role of€Foundations; Legitimizing the€Role of€Foundations in€African Higher Education; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 8: The Discourse on Priorities Among Donors ; The Rhetoric of€Capacity Building; Influence Strategy and€High-Impact Philanthropy; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9: Legitimacy in an Unequal Partnership ; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Conclusion: Equal Participation and the Challenges of Higher Education Philanthropy; Unequal Partners, Dependency, and€the€Discourse on€Priorities; General Reflections
Appendix AAppendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book offers a nuanced analysis of a US-led foundation initiative of uncommon ambition, featuring seven foundations with a shared commitment to strengthen capacity in higher education in Sub-Saharan African universities. The book examines the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the novel context in which philanthropy operates today. This study therefore assesses the shifting grounds on which higher education globally is positioned and the role of global philanthropy within these changing contexts. This is especially important in a moment where higher education is once again recognized as a driver of development and income growth, where knowledge economies requiring additional levels of education are displacing economies predicated on manufacturing, and in a context where higher education itself appears increasingly precarious and under dramatic pressures to adapt to new conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 28, 2016)
Subject Endowment of research -- Africa
Education, Higher -- Research grants -- Africa
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Research grants
Endowment of research
Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137593481
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