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Freeman ASSIST |
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The Freeman ASSIST Program offers educational allowances to students from East and Southeast Asia who choose to spend their summer in an internship based at a not-for-profit organization in their host community or elsewhere in the United States. The Freeman ASSIST Program helps students to pursue internships that do not provide salary support adequate to cover their living expenses, and provides web-based information to assist them in locating appropriate internships. The program seeks to facilitate greater interaction between young Asian students and U.S. non-profit and community groups by creating paths for sharing experiences and enhancing mutual understanding.
The Freeman Foundation's major objectives include strengthening the bonds of friendship between the United States and countries of East Asia. Through education and educational institutes, the Foundation hopes to develop a greater appreciation of Asian cultures, histories, and economies in the United States and a better understanding of the American people and of American institutions and purposes by the peoples of East Asia.
Program funds for Freeman ASSIST derive from loan funds repaid by recipients of the ASIA-HELP program, an earlier initiative funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by IIE.
The Institute of International Education is the world leader in the international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1919, the Institute is the world’s most experienced global higher education and professional exchange organization. IIE designs and implements programs of study and training for students, educators, young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from government and private sources. For more information about IIE, please see www.iie.org. |
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