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Higher Education for Development (HED) works in close partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the nation's six presidential higher education associations to support the involvement of higher education in development issues worldwide. HED supports its mission primarily by funding innovative partnerships that partner U.S. colleges or universities with institutions of higher learning in developing nations. HED also facilitates quarterly roundtable discussions on a variety of development issues; and publishes a variety of reports that highlight development news. HED's leadership includes a governing board made up of the presidents of each of the six higher education associations and by an advisory board representing a broad cross-section of higher education leadership across the United States. Program staff, based in Washington, D.C., include experts in development. ==About HED== Higher Education for Development, formerly known as the Association Liaison Organization (ALO), has been working with U.S. universities and building worldwide partnerships since 1992 to address development issues internationally. HED has 350 past and present higher education partnerships in more than 66 countries. After a competitive process involving a peer-review, HED awards winning partnerships grants of varying grant amounts for activities in a two to three-year period. These grants are funded by (and USAID Missions ). HED's worldwide higher education partnerships address all USAID sectors of Agriculture, Democracy and governance; economic growth and trade; education and training; global health and the environment. Director and Board of Directors Dr. Tully Cornick now leads Higher Education for Development as the organization strengthens ties between U.S. and host country higher education institutions and other partners resulting in strong partnerships and sustainable results in developing countries. Dr. Cornick has extensive experience and knowledge in international development and more than two decades of experience at the United States Agency for Development (USAID). He most recently served as a senior administrator in the Bureau for Latin America and Caribbean Affairs at USAID, and earlier was deputy mission director for USAID/El Salvador. Dr. Cornick holds a doctorate in Development Sociology from Cornell University and a master's degree in Rural Sociology and Agricultural Economics from Ohio State University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Higher Education for Development」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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