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Task Force Members Acknowledgments The Task Force on Higher Education in Developing Countries was convened by the World Bank and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul- tural Organization (UNESCO). Task Force Members Mamphela Ramphele (South Africa) Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town (Co-chair and Steering Committee) Henry Rosovsky (United States) Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Geyser University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University (Co-chair and Steering Committee) Kenneth Prewitt (United States) Director, US Bureau of the Census (Vice-chair and Steering Committee) Babar Ali (Pakistan) Pro-Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences Hanan Ashrawi (Palestine) Former Minister for Higher Education José Joaquín Brunner (Chile) Director, Education Program, Fundación Chile and former Minister Secretary General Lone Dybkjær (Denmark) Member, European Parliament and former Minister for the Environment José Goldemberg (Brazil) Professor, University of São Paulo and former Minister of Education Georges Haddad (France) Professor, University of Paris/ Panthéon-Sorbonne Motoo Kaji (Japan) Vice-President, University of the Air Jajah Koswara (Indonesia) Director, Research and Community Service Development, Directorate General of Higher Education Narciso Matos (Mozambique) Secretary-General, Association of African Universities Manmohan Singh (India) Member of Parliament and former Minister of Finance Carl Tham (Sweden) Secretary General, Olaf Palme International Center and former Minister of Education and Science 5 Study Co-Directors Kamal Ahmad (United States) Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (Steering Committee) David E. Bloom (United States) Professor, Harvard University (Steering Committee and Head of Task Force Secretariat) Not all members of the Task Force attended every meeting or commented on every draft. Individual differences concerning specific points may remain, but the document represents the consensus of all Task Force members. The principal drafters of this report were David Bloom and Henry Rosovsky. Task Force Supporters In preparing this report, the Task Force was greatly assisted by numerous individuals, whose support we would particularly like to acknowledge Those who made substantive contributions, either verbally or in writing: Berhanu Abegaz; Dennis Aigner; Gregory Armstrong; Michael Aronson; Roberto Arruda; Saleem Badat; Jorge Balán; Charles Beirne; David Bell; Lakshmi Reddy Bloom; Derek Bok; Carolina Bori; Lewis Branscombe; Harvey Brooks; David Canning; Hernán Chaimovich; Richard Chait; Muhamed Ibn Chambas; The Civic Education Project; Joel Cohen; David Court; Veena Das; Satish Dhavan; Ronald Dore; Eunice Durham; Eva Egron-Polak; Donald Ekong; Ahmed Essop; William Experton; Anna Maria Fanelli; Brian Figaji; Malcolm Gillis; Merle Goldman; Xabier Gorostiaga, SJ; Ada Pellegrini Grinover; Göran Grosskopf; Wadi Haddad; Emily Hannum; Chester Haskell; Ruth Hayhoe; Robert Herdt; Werner Hirsch; Lauritz Holm-Nielsen; Gerald Holton; Adam Jaffe; Dimandja Kasongo; Shamsh Kassim-Lakha; Tom Kessinger; Riaz Khan; Miryam Krasilchik; Suzanne Grant Lewis; Gustavo López Ospina; William Loxley; Jacob Mamabolo; Jacques Markovich; Noel McGinn; G. A. Miana; Daniel Morales-Gomez; José Ignacio Moreno León; Claudio de Moura Castro; Sarah Newberry; Dorothy Njeuma; Berit Olsson; Maris O’Rourke; Solomea Pavlychko; Vicky Phillips; Pasuk Phongpaichit; Luis Piazzón; Colin Power; Sivraj Ramaseshan; Amulya Reddy; Fran- cisco Rivera-Batiz; Jeffrey Sachs; Sarah Seivers; Jan Sadlak; William Saint; Jamil Salmi; Komlavi F. Seddoh; Patrick Seyon; Khalid Hamid Sheikh; Jim Shute; Zillur Rahman Siddiqui; Andrew Sillen; S. Frederick Starr; Rolf Stumpf; Simon Schwartzman; Jamsheer Talati; Lewis Tyler; Emily Vargas-Baron; Hebe Vessuri; Louis Wells; Francis Wilson; Nan Yeld; and Harriet Zuckerman. 6 The Task Force also wishes to warmly recognize the generous financial support it received from the following organizations: The Canadian International Development Agency The Ford Foundation The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development The Rockefeller Foundation The Swedish International Development Agency The Tetra Laval Group The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The World Bank The support of one donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is also gratefully ac- knowledged. Special Thanks The Task Force would particularly like to thank the following for their outstanding efforts on its behalf: Ismail Serageldin, who (along with Kamal Ahmad) recognized early on the need for an independent examination of higher education in the context of international development and whose efforts resulted in the establishment and initial funding of the Task Force; Joan Martin-Brown, who also provided enormously practical encour- agement and assistance in these efforts; Larry Rosenberg, whose substantive and administrative contributions to every aspect of the Task Force were truly exceptional; Philip Altbach, who served as a special consultant to the Steering Committee of the Task Force and whose extensive comments and suggestions are reflected throughout this report; Ava Cheloff, who performed the Herculean task of organizing the statis- tical appendix; Ruth Kagia, who did a magnificent job moving the Task Force report from manuscript to publication; and River Path Associates, which did an extraordi- nary job of editing the manuscript and aiding the Task Force in expressing its ideas as clearly and cogently as possible. In-Kind Contributions Several important in-kind contributions facilitated the work of the Task Force, which would like to express their gratitude to: The Aga Khan Development Network The Aga Khan University The Harvard Institute for International Development The Harvard School of Public Health The law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson The Social Science Research Council UNESCO The University of Cape Town The University of São Paulo The World Bank 7 Research Assistants The following individuals, who are warmly thanked by the Task Force, provided out- standing research assistance to the Task Force Secretariat: Xiaonan Cao; Bryan Graham; Amar Hamoudi; Richard Hopper; Erin Kleindorfer; Stefanie Koch; Andrew Mellinger; Atif Rizvi; and Carolyn Wood. Administrative Support Strong administrative support was crucial to the work of the Task Force, which would like to register its appreciation to: Ida Cooper; Rula Dajani; Jeanne Damlamian; Alice Dowsett; Anders Falk; Laura Fusaro; Helen Goodman; Sarwat Hussain; Vivian Jackson; Amina Jacobs; Nancy Juskin; Gail Kovach; Brett Kravitz; Ellen Lee; Sarah Newberry; Maria Papadopoulos; Enid Sinequan; and Vera Helena Vieira. Seminar Participants Helpful comments on earlier versions of this report were received from participants in seminars and symposia conducted at: The Aga Khan University The Goddard Space Flight Center Harvard University Graduate School of Education National Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem The National University of Singapore UNESCO General Conference Seminar Hosts Further thanks go to the gracious hosts of the various meetings of the Task Force: The World Bank (Washington, D.C., United States, October 1997) The University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa, February 1998) The Aga Khan Development Network (Geneva, Switzerland, September 1998) The University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil, January 1999) The Social Science Research Council (New York, United States, July 1999) And finally… There are always a large number of other people and organizations who provide, in different ways, support, encouragement, and ideas during such a far-reaching and ambitious project. It is, of course, impossible to thank them all by name, but their help is much appreciated. The Task Force website is www.tfhe.net, where electronic copies of the report can be searched and downloaded. The Task Force can be contacted at [email protected]. 8.
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