SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (PROJECT NO. 620-11-660-792) PROJECT EXPERIENCE INTO ON-CAMPUS PROGRAMS

THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO FINANCE, JOINTLY WITH TCCU, POST-TOUR RELEASE TIME DURING WHICH FACULTY MEMBERS, RETURNING FROM A TCCU PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS IN NIGERIA, WILL PLAN AND PREPARE TEACHING MATERIALS BASED ON THEIR OVERSEAS EXPERIENCES. TCCU WILL USE AID GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE HALF OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF FIVE REGULAR STAFF MEMBERS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO SIX MONTHS EACH, OVER FIVE YEARS. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE CHOSEN BY TCCU ON THE BASIS OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBER TO HIS DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO HIS RETURN. ELIGIBLE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, PLANNING FOR RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS; PREPARATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL ON DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER TEACHING MATERIALS; CONDUCTING SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS, INSTITUTE OR AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS; AND PREPARATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL SUPPORTING OVERSEAS PROJECTS. THIS GRANT IS ONE OF A NUMBER UTILIZING THE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (IDA) APPROACH TEMPORARILY FREEING STAFF MEMBERS OF VARIOUS US UNIVERSITIES FROM THEIR POST-TOUR DUTIES TO INCORPORATE KNOWLEDGE GAINED OVERSEAS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES AT HOME OR ABROAD. FIVE INSTITUTIONS ARE WORKING UNDER THE IDA PILOT PROGRAM MODE; THREE OTHERS HAVE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED SIMILAR GRANTS (SEE 931014600, 931015600, AND 931015700). AS A RESULT OF THIS GRANT, TCCU WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE ITS OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES INTO BASIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND, IN TURN, FEED THIS COMPETENCE BACK INTO ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.