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Student Leaders Exchange

  • Established 2004; last held July 11-25, 2007. Upcoming Program Dates to China: June 26-July 11, 2008; to the U.S.: September 23-October 6, 2008
  • Goal: Developing the capacity of next generation policy leaders
  • Type: Study Tour
  • Category: Education, Next Generation Leaders
  • Keywords: summer, student
  • Places Visited: Yangzhou JIANGSU, Xi’an, Wuxi JIANGSU, Washington DC, Suzhou JIANGSU, Shanghai, Qufu SHANDONG, New York NY, New London NH, Nanjing JIANGSU, Luoyang HENAN, Boston MA, Beijing
  • Program Funder(s): China Construction America, Laureate Education Inc., Wall Street English
  • Program Partner(s): China Education Association for International Exchange, U.S. Department of Education, Presidential Scholars Program, PRC Ministry of Education
  • Administered by: Jonathan Lowet
  • Program inaugurated in 2004
    12 students in each direction annually
    American participants must be current year’s Presidential Scholars

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Top teens from U.S. and China exchange views
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For two weeks each year, outstanding senior high school students from the United States and China put down their books and see firsthand what life is like in the other country.

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Date: 
Established 2004; last held July 11-25, 2007. Upcoming Program Dates to China: June 26-July 11, 2008; to the U.S.: September 23-October 6, 2008
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July 10, 2008
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Program inaugurated in 2004
12 students in each direction annually
American participants must be current year’s Presidential Scholars

Exchange to China
Since 2004, the National Committee has been selecting twelve U.S. Presidential Scholars to participate in the yearly U.S.-China Student Leaders Exchange. (Presidential Scholars is a designation annually conferred upon 141 American graduating high school seniors nationwide by the U.S. Department of Education; for more, see www.ed.gov/programs/psp [1].)

For the young American participants, the heart of the program is a two-week study visit to China during the summer between high school and college. Americans participants learn about China's successes and challenges and have unusual opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with their Chinese counterparts as a consequence of home stays throughout most of the program.

Exchange to the United States
Since 2007, the Student Leaders Exchange has also been bringing twelve outstanding Chinese senior high school students to the United States for two weeks.

The U.S. visit includes many of the same types of activities enjoyed by the students' American counterparts: homestays, student-student interactions, university and high school visits, traditional sightseeing, etc. The program also includes a community service component.

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The China SLE was seriously one of the defining experiences of my life thus far, if not THE defining experience. It had a perfect balance of tourism, education, fun, academics, discussion, international experience, and free time to see the country through the eyes of a resident…. Just, WOW.
Participant Perspectives [3]

Americans visiting China

SLE 2004 participant.pdf [4]
SLE 2005 participant.pdf [5]
SLE 2006 participant.pdf [6]

Chinese visiting the United States

SLE 2007 participant1.pdf [7]
SLE 2007 participant2.pdf [8]
For Applicants [9]

2008 Student Leaders Exchange application

2008 SLE Application [10]
Photo Album - SLE to China [11]

Photos from the Student Leaders Exchange

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Source URL: http://www.ncuscr.org/sle

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[1] http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp
[2] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/IMG_1243.jpg
[3] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
[4] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2004prc1.pdf
[5] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2005prc1.pdf
[6] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2006prc1.pdf
[7] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2007usa_lx.pdf
[8] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2007usa_ck.pdf
[9] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
[10] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/2008_SLE_application.pdf
[11] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
[12] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/SLE02.jpg
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[32] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/SLE25.jpg