IIE partners with private foundations to develop the human capital that is needed to understand and address key challenges in education and development around the world. Private foundation programs include initiatives to provide higher education opportunities to outstanding individuals from disadvantaged groups in countries undergoing important transformations. Such programs help to train a new group of leaders and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and resources to confront pressing social, economic, and political problems.
Other foundation programs focus on training and educating emerging experts from important world regions and fields – such as population and reproductive health leaders from India and Mexico and women leaders from non-governmental organizations in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. IIE also works with private foundations to increase opportunities for Americans to study, teach, and conduct research abroad, and bring the benefits of this international experience back home to benefit their communities and colleagues.
