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13 May 2009Thousands of International Fellowships Program Alumni At Work Around the Globe
A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, IFP alumni Caroline Kathomi returned to Kenya to work with epileptic patients.
The Ford Foundation established the International Fellowships Program (IFP) in 2001 to provide graduate fellowships to a new generation of promising leaders in communities that lack access to higher education. The program works closely with international partners to ensure its global reach focuses on local needs. Since its inception, more than 3,300 fellows from 22 countries have been selected.
As of December 2008, more than 2,000 fellows have completed their fellowships. More than 80 percent of these alumni have returned to or continued to reside in their home countries, where they are using their education to improve their communities.
An IFP alumnus from India, Sanjay Kumar studied sustainable international development at Brandeis University.
The International Fellowship Program completed "Origins, Journeys and Returns: Social Justice in International Higher Education," an analysis of the development and impact of the program. The new book demonstrates how extending opportunities for advanced education to talented individuals has significant impacts that can challenge prevailing views of "brain drain."
"Origins, Journeys and Returns: Social Justice in International Higher Education" is published by the Social Science Research Council and distributed by Columbia University Press. Edited by Toby Alice Volkman with Joan Dassin and Mary Zurbuchen, it features chapters written by IFP directors, former Fellows and outside experts.
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