Origins, Journeys and Returns
Social Justice in International Higher Education
Edited by Toby Alice Volkman with Joan Dassin and Mary Zurbuchen; Social Science Research Council, New York
New York, NY – Expanding access to international higher education among the poor and marginalized is an essential and effective way to advance equitable global development, argues a new book about the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP).
Origins, Journeys and Returns: Social Justice in International Higher Education follows one of the world’s largest and most selective fellowship programs from an idea to its execution and impact today. Through case studies in seven countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the book describes and analyzes a new model for international fellowship programs. By supporting advanced study for leaders from marginalized and excluded communities in some of the world’s poorest countries, IFP demonstrates that higher education can contribute directly to development and social justice.
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“This program, of all the things that we did at the Ford Foundation, so greatly exceeded my already high expectations for it,” said Susan V. Berresford, former Ford Foundation president. Speaking at the book’s launch at the Social Science Research Council’s Brooklyn offices on May 11th, Ms. Berresford added, “The book captures how it happened. There are special features of this program that make it so successful, and if it can influence other programs and reach out to all the many, many talented people who are marginalized and excluded from education at an advanced level, then we will have succeeded.”
Stories of fellows and alumni show a wide range of remarkable achievements. One IFP alumna from Russia founded a nonprofit organization in her home region of Ulan Ude to advocate for the rights of the disabled. Another alumnus from India founded a nonprofit organization to represent farmers and local residents in hydropower projects in his native state of Uttarakhand.
Edited by Toby Alice Volkman with Joan Dassin and Mary Zurbuchen, the book features chapters written by IFP directors, former Fellows and outside experts. The book also includes a 16-page gallery of color photos of IFP alumni, fellows and their work around the world. Origins, Journeys and Returns was published by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and is available for purchase or download from Columbia University Press.
About Ford IFP
www.fordifp.org
The International Fellowships Program (IFP) was launched with a grant from the Ford Foundation in 2001. It is the largest single program ever supported by the Ford Foundation, and will receive a total of $355 million in funding through 2013. The program has already awarded more than 3,300 fellowships for post-graduate study in universities worldwide to leaders from underserved communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Russia. IFP is a program of the New York City-based International Fellowships Fund (IFF). The Fund is an independently incorporated supporting organization of IIE, the Institute of International Education.
About SSRC
www.ssrc.org
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization founded in 1923. Based in New York City, it mobilizes researchers, policy makers, professionals, activists, and other experts from the private and public sectors to develop innovative approaches to issues of critical social importance.
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