Unequal Partners by Fabrice Jaumont

Unequal Partners by Fabrice Jaumont

This book offers a nuanced analysis of a US-led foundation initiative of uncommon ambition, featuring seven foundations with a shared commitment to strengthen capacity in higher education in Sub-Saharan African universities. The book examines the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the novel context in which philanthropy operates today. This study therefore assesses the shifting grounds on which higher education globally is positioned and the role of global philanthropy within these changing contexts. This is especially important in a moment where higher education is once again recognized as a driver of development and income growth, where knowledge economies requiring additional levels of education are displacing economies predicated on manufacturing, and in a context where higher education itself appears increasingly precarious and under dramatic pressures to adapt to new conditions.    

Fabrice Jaumont, dubbed the Parrain of Linguistic Immersion Filières by the New York Times, has over 25 years of experience in the field of international education and multilingual program development. When he launched the Bilingue Revolution in New York, Jaumont put his knowledge to work for the French, Italian, Japanese, German, and Russian communities, assisting them in the development of high-quality bilingue filières in local public schools.