SHE-CAN SCHOLARSHIP COALITION
What is the SHE-CAN Scholarship Coalition?
In many developing nations, a U.S. college degree is often an unstated requirement for attaining any influential leadership position. Change won’t happen until a significant number of women gain the education and leadership skills needed to take on important roles and support each other in shaping decisions and cultural norms.
In the fall of 2015, SHE-CAN launched the SHE-CAN Scholarship Coalition to bring some of the most prestigious colleges and universities together to just do that.
Our Coalition of schools is committed to building global women's leadership by supporting SHE-CAN scholars with full scholarships. Through their partnership with SHE-CAN, these schools are able to extend their scholarships to a subset of women who otherwise would not be able to attend university abroad. Therefore, the Coalition schools are pushing their scholarship investments down the socio-economic pyramid, working to bridge the income divide, and contributing to lasting systematic change.
Our partner schools see how the impact of their investment stretches far beyond the international student herself. SHE-CAN schools are able to enrich their student body with low-income young women whose communities suffered genocide and war. By living with, studying with and socializing with those who were personally impacted by some of the world’s recent atrocities, their students’ horizons broaden; their attitudes toward peace and reconciliation become front and center; and they become culturally prepared to thrive in today’s global economy. Our partner schools agree that the more globally aware our youth are, the more stable and secure we all are.
In many developing nations, a U.S. college degree is often an unstated requirement for attaining any influential leadership position. Change won’t happen until a significant number of women gain the education and leadership skills needed to take on important roles and support each other in shaping decisions and cultural norms.
In the fall of 2015, SHE-CAN launched the SHE-CAN Scholarship Coalition to bring some of the most prestigious colleges and universities together to just do that.
Our Coalition of schools is committed to building global women's leadership by supporting SHE-CAN scholars with full scholarships. Through their partnership with SHE-CAN, these schools are able to extend their scholarships to a subset of women who otherwise would not be able to attend university abroad. Therefore, the Coalition schools are pushing their scholarship investments down the socio-economic pyramid, working to bridge the income divide, and contributing to lasting systematic change.
Our partner schools see how the impact of their investment stretches far beyond the international student herself. SHE-CAN schools are able to enrich their student body with low-income young women whose communities suffered genocide and war. By living with, studying with and socializing with those who were personally impacted by some of the world’s recent atrocities, their students’ horizons broaden; their attitudes toward peace and reconciliation become front and center; and they become culturally prepared to thrive in today’s global economy. Our partner schools agree that the more globally aware our youth are, the more stable and secure we all are.
