UC Berkeley and partner university researchers presented the preliminary results of their two year research project, Career and Life Trajectories of African Alumni of International Universities, at the Comparative and International Education Society annual conference in Washington DC (March 8 … Continued
Posted by: Measurement Evaluation & Learning, Partners The African Alumni Project is a collaborative initiative of six renowned educational institutions that believe more can be done to engage and connect African Alumni of international universities. These six partners have joined … Continued
Photo 1: Sheep prepared for Christmas meal at Mary Njenga’s farm The journey to Kenya-Uganda- South Africa to interview UC Berkeley alumni has begun with the discovery and enjoyment of multiple Kenya- Berkeley connections. Landing in Nairobi during the Christmas-New … Continued
Do African recipients of international scholarships use their education to give back to their communities? Do they return to their home country? What influences their decision-making regarding when or how to give-back or go back to Africa? Partners in The … Continued
The Study on sub-Saharan African Alumni (PARIS) was officially launched during a two-day workshop held last December at UC Berkeley with participants from seven universities – University of Toronto, McGill, and Simon Frasier (Canada), Earth University (Costa Rica) and UC … Continued
…This research is of particular interest for EARTH University, as the “go back, give back” principle is an integral part of our mission to form leaders of change in developing nations. Nico Evers, Director of the International Academic Relations Office … Continued
As the project unfolds, we’ll be featuring stories about the life and career paths of diverse African Alumni of our seven partner universities. If you are one of the hundreds of African alumni of one of these universities, and you … Continued