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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.

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
In 2007, the Student Leaders Exchange also brought twelve outstanding Chinese senior high school students to the United States for two weeks.

The U.S. visit included 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 included a community service component.

For various reasons, this half of the exchange was suspended in 2008 and 2009. We plan to resume it again in the future.

Program Sponsorship
We are grateful to Wall Street English [2], since 2007, the exclusive sponsor of the Student Leaders Exchange.

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Established 2004; last held June 26-July 11, 2008; Upcoming Program Dates to China: TBD; to the U.S.: TBD
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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

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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.
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Participant Perspectives [4]

Americans visiting China
SLE 2004 participant.pdf [5]
SLE 2005 participant.pdf [6]
SLE 2006 participant.pdf [7]

Chinese visiting the United States
SLE 2007 participant1.pdf [8]
SLE 2007 participant2.pdf [9]
For Applicants [10]

2009 Student Leaders Exchange application
2009 SLE Application [11]
Photo Album - SLE to China [12]

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/www.wsi.com.cn
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[4] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
[5] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2004prc1.pdf
[6] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2005prc1.pdf
[7] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2006prc1.pdf
[8] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2007usa_lx.pdf
[9] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/sle2007usa_ck.pdf
[10] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
[11] http://www.ncuscr.org/files/2009application.pdf
[12] http://www.ncuscr.org/sle#
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