At the RSC Scholarship Foundation, we bridge the gap between potential & opportunity for Africa's future leaders by providing access to a university education in a free & open society. We do this work because access to a quality university education in Africa is extremely constrained - especially considering the number of highly qualified secondary school students. From his book Africa Rising, author Vijay Mahajan says:

In addition to preschool, elementary, and secondary education, demand is growing for universities. Šthe University of Cairo has 350,000 students - a small city. Some beginning classes there have as many as 7,000 students, and it is not uncommon to have several students with identical names. There are not classes but conventions. Still, there are not enough schools to meet demand.

The Reeder-Sanders-Ciccarello Foundation builds bridges for highly qualified students from Africa to get an outstanding university education in the USA.  We build bridges between challenge and opportunity, between opportunity and success and, between Africa and the USA. The University of Texas at Austin has been selected as the institution that the RSC Foundation intends to build strong links with, in order to provide world-class educational opportunities to students from Africa.

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Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
512 475 7224
512 475 7222  (fax)
http://www.toyinfalola.com/
www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa
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