Higher Education for Development

Higher Education for Development (HED) works in close partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the nation's six presidential higher education associations to support the involvement of higher education in development issues worldwide.

HED supports its mission primarily by funding innovative partnerships that partner U.S. colleges or universities with institutions of higher learning in developing nations. HED also facilitates quarterly roundtable discussions on a variety of development issues; and publishes a variety of reports that highlight development news.

HED's leadership includes a governing board made up of the presidents of each of the six higher education associations and by an advisory board representing a broad cross-section of higher education leadership across the United States. Program staff, based in Washington, D.C., include experts in development.

Higher Education for Development
Founded 1992
Focus Education, Health care, Environment, Workforce Development
Location
Area served
Global
Method Grants
Slogan Partnerships, Knowledge, Results
Website www.hedprgram.org

About HED

Higher Education for Development, formerly known as the Association Liaison Organization (ALO), has been working with U.S. universities and building worldwide partnerships since 1992 to address development issues internationally. HED has 350 past and present higher education partnerships in more than 66 countries.

After a competitive process involving a peer-review, HED awards winning partnerships grants of varying grant amounts for activities in a two to three-year period. These grants are funded by [USAID and USAID Missions].

HED's worldwide higher education partnerships address all USAID sectors of Agriculture, Democracy and governance; economic growth and trade; education and training; global health and the environment.

Director and Board of Directors Dr. Tully Cornick now leads Higher Education for Development as the organization strengthens ties between U.S. and host country higher education institutions and other partners resulting in strong partnerships and sustainable results in developing countries. Dr. Cornick has extensive experience and knowledge in international development and more than two decades of experience at the United States Agency for Development (USAID).

He most recently served as a senior administrator in the Bureau for Latin America and Caribbean Affairs at USAID, and earlier was deputy mission director for USAID/El Salvador. Dr. Cornick holds a doctorate in Development Sociology from Cornell University and a master's degree in Rural Sociology and Agricultural Economics from Ohio State University.

HED Board

Terry Hartle, (Board Chair), American Council on Education

Dr. James McKenney, American Association of Community Colleges

Dr. George Mehaffy, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Dr. John Vaughn, Association of American Universities

Ms. Maureen Budetti, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Mr. Kerry Bolognese, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (formerly National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges)

HED Advisory Council

Dr. J. Michael Adams, President, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Dr. William Bertrand, Executive Director, Payson Center for International Development & Technology Transfer Tulane University

Dr. Jeffrey Gorrell, Professor and Dean College of Education and Human Development George Mason University

Dr. John Hudzik, Vice President, Global Engagement and Strategic Projects Michigan State University

Dr. Bobby Moser, (Chair), Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean, College of Food Agriculture and Environmental Sciences The Ohio State University

Dr. Nicolas van de Walle, Associate Dean of International Studies, Cornell University

Dr. John Welty, President, California State University-Fresno

Dr. Carolyn Williams, President, Bronx Community College

Dr. Handy Williamson, Jr., Vice Provost for International Programs University of Missouri

Higher Education Partnerships

HED offers higher education institutions opportunities to compete for higher education partnerships on a variety of issues. These institutions include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), minority-serving institutions, and community colleges. The resources and diversity of higher education institutions in the United States makes them good partners for many universities abroad.

President Barack Obama on July 14, 2009 spoke about increasing support for community colleges at a Macomb Community College, an HED partnering institution. The Macomb Community College and Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia-Amazonas partnership is one of HED's 34 community college partnerships.

The impact of higher education partnership is becoming increasingly visible as sustainability and development become more evident.

HED Programs

Some examples of program areas include LIPHEA, The Africa-U.S. Initiative and TIES, MEPI, CEPI.

Leadership Initiative for Public Health in East Africa (LIPHEA) USAID's Bureau of Global Health, in collaboration with HED (previously ALO) made an award of $2 million in October 2005, (since increased to $5.16 million) for a partnership among the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS), the Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH), and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHU) – with additional support from Tulane University and George Washington University – titled "Leadership Initiative for Public Health in East Africa (LIPHEA): Tanzania and Uganda."

The goal of this partnership is to strengthen public health leadership in East Africa by improving the capacity of local institutions to train mid- and senior-level health professionals in leadership skills. This initiative is creating a cadre of professionally trained health leaders better able to envision, plan, implement, and manage effective responses to the health needs of Africans, especially in the areas of epidemiology, health policy and planning, public administration, budgeting, human resource management, emergency response, and applied field research.

Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative

A new initiative focused on African higher education is a collaborative effort linking USAID, HED, the Africa-U.S. Initiative. After launching a request for application in late November, HED received more than 250 application from various U.S. higher education institutions for 20 planning grants of $50,000 each. The response was so profound that USAID provided an additional 10 planning grants of the same amount. An August 2009 conference is gaining recognition for its goal to bring together several universities across the African continent and the United States to tackle topics like health, education and agriculture. Some of the winners of the grant include went to a professor at Calvin College, Georgia State University, and others.

HED partnerships have been shown to be sustainable and effective in their in specific partnership project goals. Through these partnerships, funded by USAID, the A recent Southeast Asia Impact Assessment Report illustrates the qualitative and quantitative results of closed partnerships. Many continue to remain active in their activities although HED funding has ended because of leveraged funds and project design.

Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships Initiative (TIES) The TIES partnerships made up a huge portion of HED partnership portfolio. The USAID-Mexico is fully engaged in the creation of the RFAs to ensure that the award competitions closely match the needs of the Mexican people and the higher education community between the United States and Mexico. Past RFAs have focused on Rule of Law, Agriculture, Health Care, Tourism and Business Development, and Natural Resource Management. Biodiversity conservation and Energy issues are among the 2009 grant competition topics.

Bi-annual TIES conferences are held in Mexico to allow past and current Mexican partnership directors to engage with one another and discuss general issues and problem areas in the higher education community among academia and development specialists. HED produces publications in English and Spanish for these events to encourage cross-collaboration and information sharing.

Middle East Partnership Initiative MEPI partnerships span select countries within the Middle East and North Africa region. MEPI countries include: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Omar, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

The recent partnerships in this region have focused on workforce and career development.

Funding

Higher Education for Development grants are funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its Missions abroad.

References

    LIPHEA Homepage

    BUET-PRME partnership homepage

    FLAWI (Florida West Africa Linkage Institute)

    U.S. Congressional Record

    External links

    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.)

    The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)

    Media coverage

    William Davidson Institute (U. of Michigan) /U. of Johannesburg

    Lincoln University Awarded USAID-Funded Partnership in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition, May 19, 2009. FoxBusiness.com

    OSU involved in sweeping Africa Initiative. April 23, 2009.Oklahoma State University.

    Calvin Prof Gets Federal Grant.

    Rwanda: Kist, SFB Win U.S.$50,000 Each. June 30, 2009. allafrica.com/ The New Times

    "Georgia State gets $2.1M for international projects" Atlanta Business Chronicle 12.16.08

    "Thunderbird School expanding partnership with Zayed University" Phoenix Business Journal 11.24.08

    "UMass works to boost businesses in Haiti" Boston Business Journal 06.30.08

    "HCC to participate in technical education exchange with Brazil" Bizjournals.com 06.09.08

    "Moroccan delegation visits ISU" TribStar.com 05.17.08

    "Limited Resources, Endless Possibilities" NAFSA - International Educator March/April 2008

    "ISU president receives high Moroccan honor" Terre Haute News 02.18.08

    "Universities Create Partnership to Improve Disaster Risk Management" TradingMarkets.com 12.17.07 "EMU, Somaliland University Hope Exchange Program Fosters Peace" Daily News-Record 11.15.07

    "Scientists help manage waste, turn it into money" The Blade Plus 10.01.07

    "PAU collaborates with USA in higher education for development" Ludhiana Newsline 8.17.07

    "A Different Type of Sustainability" Inside Higher Ed 8.09.07

    External links

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