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English Language Institute grant to help Yemen schools
OSU wins $860 thousand grant to assist teaching English in Yemen universities
Daniel Acee
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: News
At the end of this February, Oregon State University received a grant for $860 thousand from the World Bank to assist with University education in Yemen. Oregon State was the only lone university that applied for the grant.
OSU's English language institute competed with a Dutch consortium, a British consortium and a Texan consortium of schools and private businesses to develop four Yemeni universities.
The World Bank chose OSU because of prior involvement setting up an ELI in Yemen from 1985-1990. According to the World Bank, OSU had more expertise in that area.
"I had heard about the World Bank grant from one of my teachers, but I didn't know that OSU had been chosen to receive it," said Christine Moore, a senior in biology with a marine option. "I am interested in seeing what we do with it."
The four universities OSU will be working with are the University of Sana'a, University of Aden, University of Taizz and University of Dhamar.
"We are training Yemeni trainers [to then train university professors, faculty and staff] from the four universities in three categories: technology in the classroom, teaching in research and English language," said Jane Averill, the director for OSU's ELI.
A series of workshops were produced for the Yemen trainers that will then teach professors, faculty and staff at each university.
Averill will be joining the principle investigator of the Yemen program, Deborah Healey next week accompanied by a staff member from OSU administration and OSU technological staff member.
Each staff member will be holding workshops on their respective job positions to Yemeni university associates.
Healey's position as the principle investigator gives her absolute responsibility for the overall conduct of a sponsored project.
According to the Drexel University Office of Research Compliance and Administration, Healey is responsible for controlling the technical direction and academic quality of the project, and will ensure that the sponsored project is carried out in compliance with the terms, conditions and policies of the World Bank and the university.
OSU's English language institute competed with a Dutch consortium, a British consortium and a Texan consortium of schools and private businesses to develop four Yemeni universities.
The World Bank chose OSU because of prior involvement setting up an ELI in Yemen from 1985-1990. According to the World Bank, OSU had more expertise in that area.
"I had heard about the World Bank grant from one of my teachers, but I didn't know that OSU had been chosen to receive it," said Christine Moore, a senior in biology with a marine option. "I am interested in seeing what we do with it."
The four universities OSU will be working with are the University of Sana'a, University of Aden, University of Taizz and University of Dhamar.
"We are training Yemeni trainers [to then train university professors, faculty and staff] from the four universities in three categories: technology in the classroom, teaching in research and English language," said Jane Averill, the director for OSU's ELI.
A series of workshops were produced for the Yemen trainers that will then teach professors, faculty and staff at each university.
Averill will be joining the principle investigator of the Yemen program, Deborah Healey next week accompanied by a staff member from OSU administration and OSU technological staff member.
Each staff member will be holding workshops on their respective job positions to Yemeni university associates.
Healey's position as the principle investigator gives her absolute responsibility for the overall conduct of a sponsored project.
According to the Drexel University Office of Research Compliance and Administration, Healey is responsible for controlling the technical direction and academic quality of the project, and will ensure that the sponsored project is carried out in compliance with the terms, conditions and policies of the World Bank and the university.
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