“Last year I had the opportunity to visit Laureate’s universities in
Spain, Brazil and Peru to speak to students, faculty, and the
communities that they serve,” said President Clinton. “These private
universities exemplify the same principles of innovation and social
responsibility in education that we worked to advance during my
Presidency and now through my Foundation, and I am pleased to support
their mission to expand access to higher education, particularly in the
developing world.”
“We are incredibly proud to have President Clinton’s support in our
efforts to boost education and employability in the developing world,”
said Douglas L. Becker, the founding chairman and CEO of Laureate
Education, Inc., which operates the Laureate International Universities
network. “We provide management, technology and capital in order to
create and support leading universities in underserved communities.
Through investment and innovation, institutions in our network have
become the largest private universities in such nations as Mexico,
Chile, Spain, Honduras and Costa Rica, and we are also experiencing
significant growth in large countries such as China and Brazil, and
even in the United States.
“Our objective is to achieve excellence in education on a global
scale, and we believe that when we achieve this goal, communities
benefit and nations prosper,” said Becker. “President Clinton’s advice
and support as Honorary Chancellor will be an invaluable boost to our
efforts, and we know from his visits to our campuses that our students
find him to be an inspiring figure and a symbol of leadership and
community service.”
President Clinton has a long-standing commitment to education, both as
governor of Arkansas and during his time in the White House. In
Arkansas, he promoted federal education policies that supported
teachers, raised standards and increased test scores above the national
average. While serving as the 42nd President of the United States
(1993-2001), President Clinton’s administration made the biggest
investment in education in more than 30 years, helping to expand access
to early education, making higher education more affordable and
accessible, and improving the quality of learning in the United States
by increasing the number of high-quality teachers, turning around
failing schools and expanding access to technology.
After leaving office, President Clinton established the William J.
Clinton Foundation with the mission to strengthen the capacity of
people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the
challenges of global interdependence. Today the Foundation takes action
on worldwide issues that urgently require solutions and measurable
results– including climate change, HIV/AIDS in the developing world,
childhood obesity and economic opportunity in the United States, and
economic development in Africa and Latin America. Additionally,
President Clinton works to engage college students through the Clinton
Global Initiative University and supports schools in creating healthier
environments for students and staff through the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation, a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and
the American Heart Association.
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