Sabith Khan, scholar with expertise in philanthropy, civil society and communications, reviewed my book Unequal Partners, American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa, on his website “Habits of the Arts.”
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I contributed a post to HistPhi, a web publication on the history of the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors, based on my new book, Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2016). Continue reading “A History of Unequal Partnerships between American Foundations and African Universities – An Article for HistPhil”
Elizabeth Rose Daly, former director of International Business in the Mayor’s Office of International Affairs, joined us at the book talk about Unequal Partners organized at the Albertine Bookstore in New York.
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On Wednesday, November 30, I presented Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa with NYU professor of higher education Teboho Moja. We discussed how new philanthropic trends are emerging, and examined the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the updated contexts in which philanthropy operates. Continue reading “ Book talk about Unequal Partners at Albertine Bookstore”
I was recently interviewed for the World Policy Journal regarding my new book, Unequal Partners: American Foundations & Higher Education Development in Africa. and the role of American philanthropic foundations in shaping university education in sub-Saharan Africa. Continue reading “Talking Policy: Fabrice Jaumont on Higher Education in Africa”
I launched my new book Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan., 170 pp., ISBN 978–1–137–59347–4) at Carnegie Corporation of New York. President Vartan Gregorian, who also wrote the preface, introduced the book and myself during a beautiful reception.
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Middle School 256 in Manhattan (154 West 93rd Street, New York, NY) was awarded the Label FrancEducation by the French Government for its successful French dual language program.
The ceremony took place at M.S. 256 on September 22, 2016 in the presence of Brigitte Ayrault, wife of Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States, and Kareen Rispal, Director of the Americas at French Ministry of Foreign Affairs who gave the award to Brian Zager, principal of the school.
Continue reading “French Government Awards M.S. 256 in New York with Label “FrancEducation””Fabrice Jaumont has written a book that needed to be written decades ago. Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa tells the complicated story of how philanthropy has shaped higher education, in both positive and negative ways. Although the “great” philanthropists have been lauded in many books for decades, recent scholarship has challenged their benevolence and that of their foundations. Jaumont provides a fair portrayal of major foundation players in African higher education—those with a long track record and those that have just started to play a role. Rather than present these foundations as saviors that uplift higher education on the continent, Jaumont presents a nuanced view, detailing the profound impact as well as the “unequal” relationships that result when one of the partners has more resources and the other is in need of resources. Of note, the discussions and themes featured in the book are useful to those studying and working with foundations in the USA as well as in Africa. Interestingly, many of the interventions in Africa are similar to those in urban and minority communities in the USA. Overall, Unequal Partners is beautifully written, succinctly and effectively argued, and timely.
I contributed an article with Jack Klempay in Reconsidering Development, an international, open access, and peer reviewed e-journal that aims to create an equitable space for dialogue and discussion concerning the theory and practice of international development (published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing). Continue reading ““Measuring the Influence of Language on Grant- Making by U.S. Foundations in Africa” – An Article for Reconsidering Development”
Issues around the impact of donor funding on education reform have resurfaced both in the local and global arenas. A recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times [1] questioned the role of foundations and philanthropists in U.S. public education, highlighting the Gates Foundation’s debatable “failures” to accomplish concrete results. On her well-followed blog, Diane Ravitch even called the funding choices of Bill Gates, Eli Broad or the Walton Family “unwise” and “undemocratic” [2]. This debate is hardly new as major newspapers [3] have regularly underscored the negative impact of major private donors’ gifts on the United States’ secondary school system, particularly during the dire economic climate which left schools facing abysmal budget cuts. Continue reading “Private Foundations and the Perils of Education Development”
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