Book Launch in NYC: Voices of Change in African Higher Education

Book Launch in New York: Voices of Change in African Higher Education
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:30-5:30pm Institute of International Education (IIE)
New York City

RSVP online at: www.iie.org/PHEALaunch
The Institute of International Education (IIE) will host an event to
commemorate the launch of Weaving Success: Voices of Change in African
Higher Education, a new publication that tells of innovation and change
across campuses and national boundaries. The event will take place on
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from 3:30-5:30pm at the IIE’s United Nations
Plaza headquarters in New York.
IIE is convening this launch event on behalf of the Partnership for Higher
Education in Africa, an unprecedented collaboration between seven major U.S.
foundations to support African higher education institutions in building
capacity and training the next generation of scholars, public servants and
entrepreneurs. The ten-year, $440 million initiative was directly and
indirectly responsible for improving conditions for over four million
students at 379 African colleges and universities. The foundations are:
Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Ford Foundation, The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Kresge
Foundation.
Weaving Success details how the support from the Partnership for Higher
Education in Africa (PHEA) helped to catalyze social and economic
development in African higher education. With inspiring tales of success
from African professors, university administrators, and students, Weaving
Success examines the exceptional steps that African universities have made
over the past decade to apply their innovations in ways that benefit their
respective societies, and highlights the transformative processes that are
shaping the future of African colleges and universities. Weaving Success is
available for download in a variety of electronic formats. In the text box
to the right, you can download the book for free as a PDF file and as a
Flipbook that is compatible on all personal computers and BlackBerries. You
can also access the book as a free app for all Apple devices (iPhone, iPad,
etc.), and as a Kindle version for a small fee. www.iie.org/weavingsuccess.