"Best Practices" Tactics to Increase Access to International Scholarship Programs by Women and Other Under-Represented Groups

Recruitment • Selection • Terms and Conditions of Award • Monitoringand Evaluation

The ideas in "Best Practices" were collected in the course of a study by the Institute of International Education (IIE), with Ford Foundation funding, to promote greater participation by developing country women in international scholarship programs. We believe many of the points are applicable to other under-represented groups as well. Some of the "tactics" included seem quite obvious; they form the core of any basic checklist of steps to insure equal access. During the study, however, we found that even some of these basic steps were not followed by some major scholarship programs. Your additional suggestions and feedback are warmly invited, so that the list of "best practices" includes the widest input from experts in the field. Send your comments by email to: bestpractices@iie.org or by mail to: Room 800, 809 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017.

The ideas in "Best Practices" were collected in the course of a study by the Institute of International Education (IIE), with Ford Foundation funding, to promote greater participation by developing country women in international scholarship programs. We believe many of the points are applicable to other under-represented groups as well. Some of the "tactics" included seem quite obvious; they form the core of any basic checklist of steps to insure equal access. During the study, however, we found that even some of these basic steps were not followed by some major scholarship programs. Your additional suggestions and feedback are warmly invited, so that the list of "best practices" includes the widest input from experts in the field. Send your comments by email to: bestpractices@iie.org or by mail to: Room 800, 809 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017.