INTERNATIONAL
FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
$355 Million,
2001 Through 2014
Goal: Help emerging leaders from marginalized communities around the world to pursue advanced
degrees and apply their expertise in their home communities. The largest single initiative of the foundation,
IFP will select more than 4,300 fellows from 22 countries by 2014. Thus far, half are women; two-thirds come
from outside major cities; more than 90 percent are the first in their communities to earn advanced degrees.
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AMERICANS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES EARN FOUR TIMES MORE THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR MILLIONS OF STUDENTS, THE HOPE OF EARNING A COLLEGE DEGREE IS OUT OF REACH. YET IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE AND GLOBALLY INTEGRATED WORLD,
HIGHER EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS IN SOCIETY—AND THE WORKPLACE AND TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF COUNTRIES AS A WHOLE.
PATHWAYS
TO HIGHER EDUCATION
$50 Million over 10 years,
since 2001
Goal: Help higher education institutions outside the United States to transform admissions policies,
classroom practices and institutional climate to enable students from marginalized communities
to enter college and earn degrees. So far, Pathways has invested more than $32 million to assist
125 colleges and universities in 22 countries.
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE BRIDGES
TO OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE
$15.5 Million, Since 2003
Goal: Building on nearly three decades of support for U.S. community colleges, help two-year institutions
to improve outcomes for disadvantaged students. Also support work to inform new public policies that better serve these
students' needs.
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PARTNERSHIP FOR A HIGHER
EDUCATION IN AFRICA
$300 Million from all partners, 2000 through 2010
Goal: In conjunction with six other U.S. foundations, help to improve universities and the field of higher
education in nine African countries. Strengthening and modernizing the infrastructure, human and organizational
capacity of these institutions supports the contributions of higher education to social and economic development.
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PARTNERSHIP.ORG
IN KENYA, EQUAL NUMBERS OF BOYS AND GIRLS START PRIMARY SCHOOL, BUT BY UNIVERSITY, 71% ARE MALE VS. 29% FEMALE
IN THE
UNITED STATES
5
X
Children of the top fifth of earners graduate from college at nearly five times the rate of students from the poorest families.
3
X
Whites earn college degrees at more than three times the rate of hispanics and nearly twice the rate of African-Americans.
51
%
Increase in fees at public universities over the past decade. Pell Grants for low-income students covered 76% of college costs in 1990-91. Now they cover only 48%.
IN THE WORLD
774
MILLION
adults lack basic literacy skills. 64% are women and are concentrated in the world's most populated countries, including Brazil, China, Indonesia, India and Nigeria.
2.3
%
In Brazil, 12% of college-age youth go to university. Of them, just 2.3% are Afro-Brazilians, who make up 47% of the population.
FORD FOUNDATION
DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS
$94 million over the last two decades, $33 million since 2003
Goal: Increase the diversity of U.S. college and university faculties by broadening their ethnic and racial composition and
promoting the benefits of diversity as a resource for enriching student education. Through the National Academy of Sciences, it grants 60
predoctoral, 35 dissertation and 20 postdoctoral awards each year.
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