LEVERAGING PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND HIGHER EDUCATION COLLABORATION AND ACADEMIC EXCHANGE

have participated in training and exchange programs and The overarching goals for the 100K Fund are (a) to increase workforce development opportunities that were created the number and diversity of students in the Americas who with the support of 100K grants. [...] Government To achieve these goals, the 100K Fund relies on the Study Objectives commitment of winning institutions to invest in their partnerships and in the diversification of participating students, as well as on the thematic interest and alignment Previous evaluations of the 100K Fund have highlighted of donor-partners with the goals of the program. [...] The impact of 100K-funded programs on student • What, if any, variation exists in the challenges, outcomes is evaluated in terms of (a) changes in access benefits, and overall experience of implementing and the inclusion of underrepresented groups, (b) skills a 100K grant for HEIs in Latin America and the development outcomes, and (c) future opportunities Caribbean in comparison to HEIs in the Uni. [...] The participants were sampled to represent the (institutional capacity, student interest or external characteristics of the overall pool of grantees, including a difficulties such as lack of existing partnerships), the diversity of countries and states, gender, race, institution benefits of their participation in the 100K Fund and to type and year of participation, and additionally, for share the. [...] The donor-partner survey was distributed they faced, the short-term and long-term impact of their to 20 funders from the public and private sector, in Spanish participation and the areas for improvement within the and English, and yielded 12 responses in total.