Ecuador project 518-0067 · 1986–1995 · higher education, universities and scholarships · Development Associates, Inc.

PACR of the Ecuador subproject (9/90-9/94) of the Andean Peace Scholarship Program (APSP), itself a component of the Caribbean and Latin American Scholarship Program (CLASP) to counter Soviet, Bloc, and Cuban training activity by increasing the number of U.S.-trained individuals from the socially and economically disadvantaged class of Latin American and Caribbean countries. The APSP/Ecuador project met or exceeded all of the quantitative requirements for the CLASP program. A total of 413 Ecuadorians (3 more than the modified target) received APSP training, including 90 long-term participants and 323 short-term participants. Of the long-term participants, 48 received Master's degrees, 22 participated in non-degree graduate study programs, and 20 were enrolled in undergraduate non-degree programs. Of the overall total of 413 participants, 76% were disadvantaged and 44% were women (versus targets of 40% and 70%, respectively). Every participant was a leader or a potential leader, and 14% attended programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (versus a target of 10%). All of Ecuador's 21 provinces were represented in APSP selection. An APSP Alumni Association was crea

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABL-862 (1995). The source's own text.