摘要：This article describes a relationship between two universities that has resulted in a project to help disadvantaged principals in economically repressed areas of South Africa. More than 15 years ago, in the midst of a deeply divided society, the University of Missouri System made a momentous decision to support a Black university in Bellville, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa called the University of the Western Cape (UWC). This support was important because UWC has prepared many of the Black leaders in South Africa, individuals who participated in the dismantling of the apartheid system. While the United States was disinvesting in South Africa, the University of Missouri stood firm in its support of the University of the Western Cape. From its inception, the partnership has sponsored numerous faculty exchanges and shared resources and ideas. In this article we will discuss the development of a leadership academy for school principals in South Africa. Through this writing we share with the readers the problems and concerns of developing such a relationship. After 4 years of building relationships to support the project and piloting leadership activities, funding was finally secured to sustain the project in the summer of 2005. This funding will give the writers an opportunity to gather primary data on the effects of professional development and/or training for principals as it relates to student achievement. Since there is very little data in the literature regarding the connection between the training of school principals and student achievement, this is a significant project for leadership both in the United States and South Africa
