Description: Unequal Partners by Fabrice Jaumont, Vartan Gregorian 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover 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. Author Biography Fabrice Jaumont serves as Education Attaché for the Embassy of France to the United States. He is also Program Officer for the FACE Foundation, an operating foundation, chartered by the State of New York and dedicated to nurturing French-American cultural exchange through innovative international projects in the arts and education. He holds a PhD in International Development Education from the Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development at New York University, USA. Table of Contents PART ONE: THE ECOLOGY OF U.S. FOUNDATIONS IN AFRICA.- Chapter 1: Century-Old Philanthropic Interests in Africas Higher Education.- Chapter 2 – Educational Philanthropists and Higher Education Developers.- PART TWO: THE COMMONALITIES OF PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS.- Chapter 3 – Foundations Come with Institutional Cultures.- Chapter 4 – When Foundations Work Together.- Chapter 5 – The Authority of Foundation Presidents.- PART THREE: FOUNDATIONS & THE QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY.- Chapter 6 – The Legitimacy of American Foundations.- Chapter 7 – The Discourse on Priorities among Donors.- Chapter 8 – Legitimacy in an Unequal Partnership.- Conclusion: Equal Participation and the Challenges of Higher Education Philanthropy. Promotional "This book provides the reader with a window to peek into the world of foundations, a world that is often closed and not understood by the public. The author uses both qualitative data and quantitative data to simplify a complex environment of donor inflexibility and recipient resistance despite addiction to donor funding. A must read for those interested in working with development agencies and for those depending on donor funding for development." (Teboho Moja, Professor and Program Director, Higher Education Program, New York University, USA) "This book sheds light on the underlying organizational dynamics behind the challenges and successes of the collaborative efforts of major US foundations on the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa. Jaumont highlights the role of collaboration in generating legitimacy and the ability of grantees to redefine the foundations original conceptions for the project and institutionalize programmatic efforts in local and national settings. An important resource for those interested in understanding or improving educational philanthropy." (Richard Arum, Professor of Sociology and Dean, School of Education, University of California Irvine, USA) "This book is vitally important at a moment when higher education is internationalizing and global partnerships proliferate. Jaumont asks that academics, funders, and practitioners think about that which they do by casting bright light on the hard won opportunities of a crucial partnership in African higher education and the challenges that remain." (Thomas Asher, Program Director, Social Science Research Council) Feature Offers a flesh and bone approach to international development for a wide audience, including international organizations, governmental agencies and NGOs involved in international assistance Provides insights into building the educational capital of developing countries Analyzes of the role of American philanthropy abroad and its impact on higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa iv> Details ISBN1137593466 Author Vartan Gregorian Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2016 ISBN-10 1137593466 ISBN-13 9781137593467 Format Hardcover Language English Media Book Residence VA, US Short Title UNEQUAL PARTNERS 2017/E Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2016-09-21 Pages 170 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59348-1 UK Release Date 2016-09-21 AU Release Date 2016-09-21 NZ Release Date 2016-09-21 Illustrations 5 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 170 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color. 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