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Higher education

The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa was created by the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York in order to coordinate their support for higher education in Africa. The Partnership was a response to trends of democratisation, public policy reform and the increasing participation of civil society organisations in a growing number of African countries.

Much of the Partnership's work falls under four special initiatives that have the potential to impact higher education across the continent. These are: (1) Information and Communication Technologies, (2) Higher Education Research and Analysis, (3) Regional Networks for research and post-graduate training, and (4) Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders' Forum. Gender is a crosscutting focus, receiving attention within the four major focal areas.

The website provides further information on the Partnership and its work, as well as access to their publications online.