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  • Meet Select Recipients from IIE’s HER Scholarship Program

    By: Edie Cecil on Wednesday, April 17, 2013

    IIE is pleased to announce that we have notified 100 girls who have been selected for the HER scholarship! Recently, we gathered 50 students from both Addis Ketema and Fitawrari Abayneh at their schools and gave them the good news.

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  • First HER Cohort Selected in Ethiopia

    By: Edie Cecil on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

    IIE is excited to have selected the first group of one hundred HER scholarship recipients! The Institute held selection panels for our new Higher Education Readiness (HER) program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 25th. Discussion was robust, objective and transparent. Nineteen Ethiopian professionals from secondary schools, universities, NGO's and businesses gathered to discuss the HER applicants and, based on the scholarship criteria (academic performance, demonstrated leadership and future skills and financial need) determined which girls will be awarded the HER scholarship.
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  • Introducing the Higher Education Readiness (HER) Program: A Path to University for Girls in Ethiopia

    By: Edie Cecil on Monday, March 18, 2013

    32.4% of girls in Ethiopia enroll in 9th grade, but only 3.5% continue to 11th grade, which is their path to advance to university. Imagine what the impact would be on the girls, their families and their communities if we could significantly increase that number?

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Edith Cecil is a Vice President at the Institute of International Education (IIE) in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she is responsible for the oversight of multiple program Divisions including Professional and Global Exchange Programs, the International Visitor Leadership Program, the Fulbright Teacher's Program, Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program and numerous corporate and foundation scholarship and development programs globally.

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