Nicaragua project 524-0194 · 1980 · higher education, universities and scholarships

Grant is provided to the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to improve the capabilities of both the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) and the Central American University (UCA) to provide highly trained manpower in priority fields needed for Nicaraguan development. Funds will be used primarily for the recruitment, selection, salaries, and benefits of 10 U.S. university professors who will help the UNAN and the UCA implement the project, and to contract a U.S. institution to manage the project. A 6-month screening and selection process conducted by Nicaraguan and A.I.D. officials will be followed to find qualified U.S. professors. Each university will receive five professors and will assign a counterpart to the U.S. professors. The U.S. professors will provide instruction for a total of 2,000 students, will supervise 100 thesis and student monographs, and will train 100 Nicaraguan professors. They will also set up a system for identifying manpower needs in relation to various priority areas of development and will develop courses and curricula to address these requirements. Specific activities to be completed by the U.S. faculty at the UCA will include the following: (

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAF-796-A1 (1980). The source's own text.