Higher Education Program China

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Higher EducationProgram China

• Fulbright Association 31st Annual Conference
• 2008 The Interconnected World

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION MISSION Global higher education

• Interconnected World

• Todays most critical problems are those
• which are social rather than physical in
• character those which arise in mans
• relation to man. (Gaither Report 1949)
• Historical emphasis on promoting the social
  sciences in higher education, and the social
  sector more generally, as an aid to advancing
  human welfare.
• Within social sciences, emphasis on
• Peace and Security
• Democratic Participation
• Economy
• Education
• Human Relations

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• Emphasis on Social Science Disciplines
• 1.1 Rebuilding disciplines
• Economics
• Law
• Political Science/ International Relations
• Sociology
• 1.2 Introducing new disciplines
• Gender Studies
• Development Studies
• Non-traditional Security
• 1.3 Strategically re-inventing disciplines
• ASIA program

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• 2. Improved access for marginalized groups
• 2.1 Pathways to Higher Education
• Aims
• Increase in admission, matriculation and
  graduation rates
• Broaden higher education admission policies and
  practices
• Better academic and social support
• Changes in the institutional climate to foster
  inclusiveness
• Faculty diversity and faculty training in
  culturally
• competent teaching methods
• Curriculum transformation, new courses and
  delivery
• Foster further mechanisms to improve
  opportunities for

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• 2. Improved access for marginalized groups
• 2.2 International Fellowship Program
• Aims
• to offer higher education scholarships/fellowships
  for
• study abroad
• to support emerging community leaders from
• disadvantaged communities outside US
• to support 4,300 fellows from 22 countries,
• over 200 in China
• Measures to date
• committed 355m over 15 years (2001-2014)
• half of all fellows are women
• more than two-thirds come from outside major
  cities
• more than 90 percent are first in their
  communities to
• earn advanced degrees
• Very high rates of return to community

• Interconnected World

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• 2. Improved access for marginalized groups
• 2.3 China Fellowship Program
• Aims
• to offer higher education scholarships/fellowships
  
• for study in China
• to support emerging community leaders
• from disadvantaged communities in China
• to commence at Beijing Normal University
  2008/2009
• to introduce multi-disciplinary Development
  Studies
• in China

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Fulbright Association
CHINA PROGRAM
UNIT
FIELD OF WORK
Economic Development
Development Finance
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Program structure in China

• Interconnected World

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Program strategy in China

• Interconnected World

Others 5
CASS 10
Research Units 15
NGOs 31
Central Government 5
Local Government 3
Universities 31
China Office Grant Distribution by Institutional
Type 2000 - 2007 ()
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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• Program Specific Funding Law and Rights
• Clinical Legal Education
• Recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education
• Committee of Chinese Clinical Legal Educators -
  70 institutions of which 27 offer clinical
  education
• 564 teachers of public interest law/ legal
  clinical training
• 6,000 law students provide free legal services
• 26,000 legal service clients
• Diverse areas of legal practice
• Foundation support since 2000 program launch

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• Program Specific Funding Environment
  Development
• Rural Poverty Reduction
• Lanzhou University
• Community based natural resource management
• Development Research Center at Yunnan University
• Participatory rural planning course
• Southwest Forestry College
• Social forestry Course
• Twelve colleges in Western China
• Cultural and development anthropology courses
• Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences
• Rural community development/management course

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Fulbright Association
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chinese higher education

• Interconnected World

• Program Specific Funding Public Policy
• Workforce Development
• Community Colleges linked to workforce
  development
• Beijing Normal University employment models
• Beihang University student career development
• Hebei University participatory education
  development
• Huazhong ST University college loan system
• Huazhong ST University higher ed. efficiency
• Beijing Institute of Technology higher ed.
  equity
• Tsinghua University structure of Chinese Higher
  Education
• Shanghai Jiaotong University graduate employment
  rates
• Yunnan University Participatory rural planning