Washington
American universities should lobby for increased federal support for development projects abroad but also look for ways to create such projects on their own. That was the message delivered by M. Peter McPherson, chairman of the Governing Board of Higher Education for Development, at the opening session of the group's annual meeting here on Wednesday.
HED, as the organization is commonly known, brings together American and foreign universities to work on social- and economic-development projects financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development. It is governed by six major higher education associations and awards project grants on behalf of USAID. More than 170 institutions from 40 countries are represented at the three-day meeting, which focuses on the role of higher education in national development. [View Full Article - Subscription - The Chronicle]
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