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Waluyo, Budi; Eng, Sothy; Wiseman, Alexander W. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of international scholarship programs for social justice -- a case study of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP), the first model of scholarships for social justice. The human capability approach advanced by Amartya Sen is selected to conceptualize the measurement of the…
Descriptors: Models, Scholarship, Social Justice, Fellowships
Mirka Martel – Institute of International Education, 2019
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP), implemented from 2001-2013, was an international fellowship program based on a uniquely inclusive higher education model. Founded on the principle that higher education is an essential long-term investment for addressing major social issues, IFP had two essential goals: ensuring…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Justice, Social Change, International Programs
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Flanagan, Constance A.; Martinez, M. Loreto; Cumsille, Patricio; Ngomane, Tsakani – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
The authors use examples of youth civic engagement from Chile, South Africa, Central/Eastern Europe, and the United States--and also emphasize diversities among youth from different subgroups within countries--to illustrate common elements of the civic domain of youth development. These include the primacy of collective activity for forming…
Descriptors: Evidence, Social Class, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Gaventa, John – Rural Sociology, 2009
In his presidential address, Jess Gilbert argues that big states, in alliance with social scientists, can work to democratize society. He points to two fascinating examples--the involvement of rural sociologists with local citizens for policy planning in the New Deal and similarly their role in the Farm Security Administration's Resettlement…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Scientists, Foreign Countries, Case Studies