Higher Education for all the
Citizens of Latin America
Expanding access to affordable top quality
higher education throughout the region
hitney is passionate about the transformative power of higher education. We have seen how it enriches the human spirit, improves standards of living, creates a productive and highly skilled workforce, and strengthens society.
Whitney supports high quality post-secondary education institutions across Latin America that share its mission of increasing academic quality, expanding access and achieving affordability. Whitney provides capital for expansion, technology, marketing know-how and affiliations with top universities across the Western hemisphere. It also connects institutions in its network with the employee-base of multi-national corporations and non-governmental organizations as a pool of
potential students.
Whitney enables all the universities it supports in Latin America to join the Network of American Universities, a not-for-profit consortium of top quality, post-secondary institutions in North and South America.
Through an alliance with the Network of American Universities, higher education institutions supported by Whitney partner with top quality universities across the Americas. All affiliates in North America are well-known public universities, many of them tier-1 research institutions.
Members of the Network of American Universities collaborate on projects that are critical to a global academic network. These initiatives include:
| Global standards for academic quality
Accreditation Support
Research funding
Online learning technologies
Student support services
Student retention strategies
Scholarships | Social initiatives
Student and faculty exchanges
Foreign language learning
Responsible recruiting practices
Best practices in management & leadership
Access to job markets
Innovation strategies |
| Affiliation with international academic and professional associations |