Abstract
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was created in 2001
to build social justice leadership by broadening access to international higher education.
For over a decade, IFP worked to enable more than four thousand talented individuals
from among the world’s most marginalized populations to transform their own lives
and foster social change, one community at a time. Produced at the culmination of the program, this publication provides readers with
an inside look at how IFP transformed a traditional fellowship model into a unique
global network. Partner organizations and international staff worked together
to support grassroots leaders and social innovators in seeking new knowledge at
universities worldwide. IFP’s success has created a powerful legacy that will continue
to shape educational policies and practices in years to come.