On October 4, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced that it is strengthening educational partnerships between African universities and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States through an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange.
Participants in this professional exchange program “include African higher education faculty, administrators, and government officials from 11 countries who are interested in internationalizing university campuses and strengthening and expanding higher education linkages with U.S. higher education institutions,” DOS said.
The implementing partner for the IVLP is the Mississippi Consortium for International Development (MCID), a nonprofit organization that originated from a collaborative endeavor of four HBCUs in Mississippi.