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Tag: Ford Foundation
COVID-19
International Diverse Universities in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
When we began our Ford Foundation grant, “Women and University Leadership in Post-Conflict and Transitional Societies” in 2015, we could not envision addressing the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on universities and women leaders. Nor would we have anticipated reading about a Kenyan woman who wept, while she boiled rocks for her children, […]
July 28, 2020
COVID-19
In Light of COVID-19, Five Foundations to Increase Support for Higher Education, Other Nonprofits
Recognizing the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, five foundations have jointly agreed to commit $1.7 billion to the nonprofit sector, including higher education, the arts and humanities, and racial equity and social justice. This financial commitment by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. & […]
June 12, 2020
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USC Race Center Issues Report Card on Black Student Equity
A new study by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center paints a grim picture of inequity for the 900,000 African-American undergraduate students at public institutions of higher learning across the nation.
September 24, 2018
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Institute for University Women Leaders from Diverse Global Venues Builds Network
When undertaking American federal grants in the United States and England, we encountered international women students from countries in the midst of or having recently undergone political conflicts, violent kidnappings, and civil wars. Now they are in transitional stages moving toward democratic governments.
August 1, 2018
Community Colleges
Waiting List: California Leads In Educating the Incarcerated
California leads the nation in offering college opportunities to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students, according to a recent joint study by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and The Opportunity Institute.
March 21, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
A Cheerleader for Art Education
When Samuel — or Sammy — Hoi, president of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), was awarded the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship with a cohort of poets, musicians and multimedia artists, he realized something about his work.
January 3, 2018
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Clark Atlanta University Receives Funding to Increase Diversity in Art Museum Leadership
The Clark Atlanta University Art Museum is one of 20 U.S. art museums that will receive funding from the Walton Family Foundation and Ford Foundation as a part of the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) an effort to increase diversity in curatorial and management staff at art museums nationally.
December 14, 2017
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