Leadership for Social Justice in Higher Education - The Legacy of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program

"This book examines how the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program, the world's largest private fellowship program in higher education, has succeeded in fostering social justice leadership over the past ten years. Top scholars from Asia Pacific, Latin America, the US, Africa, and Europe inquire into the program's development, implementation, and outcomes in their regions. They analyze the program's background, its effects on institutions, its effects on students' learning environments, and howwell changes toward social justice worked. Through in-depth studies of leadership, diversity, social inclusion, and social justice in regional context, this book provides a wealth of comparative information on social justice in higher education worldwide"--

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• Authors: T. Bigalke, Terance W. Zurbuchen Bigalke
• Assisted by: Bigalke (Editor), T Bigalke (Editor), T. Bigalke (Editor), Terance W. Bigalke (Editor), Zurbuchen (Editor), Zurbuchen (Editor), M. Zurbuchen (Editor), Mary S. Zurbuchen (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781137366498
• ISBN: 978-1-137-36649-8
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: International and Development Education; International and Development; International and Development Education; International Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Pädagogik, Soziologie, B, Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung, Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Bildungssysteme und -strukturen, Sociology of Education, Education, Internationale Institutionen, International Relations, auseinandersetzen, Administration, Organization and Leadership, International and Comparative Education, Organization and Leadership, higher education, Educational administration and organization, Social research & statistics, International institutions, International Organization, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Comparative education, International education, Educational sociology, School management and organization, Educational administration & organization, School administration, Palgrave Education Collection