West Coast corporations such as Levi Strauss & Co., ChevronTexaco, Dole Food Company, and LSI Logic look to the Institute of International Education to help them gain an edge in the exploding global marketplace. IIE helps corporations cost-effectively implement their global strategies through a range of programs, including corporate scholarship programs. As the most comprehensive private, not-for-profit U.S. education and training organization — and proven manager of successful scholarship programs for the private and public sectors — IIE can assure companies that their international programs are soundly designed and professionally administered and take into account the complexities of global operations.

To meet corporations' business and philanthropic goals worldwide, IIE offers a range of professional management services. IIE corporate programs include scholarships for children of international employees and scholarship programs for host country nationals, as well as tools for recruiting U.S. trained international employees.

Cisco Learning Institute Scholarship Program

The Cisco Learning Institute Scholarship Program, administered by the IIE West Coast Center and funded by the Cisco Learning Institute, provides support for computer-related post-secondary studies to meritorious Cisco Networking Academy graduates worldwide who demonstrate financial need.

The program encourages secondary school students to stay in school by offering up to $1000 per year to support post-secondary education in math, science and computer-related studies. Cisco Networking Academy students and instructors complete and submit applications and recommendations online to IIE. These scholarship are only available to Cisco Networking Academy graduates. If you have questions, please contact cli@iie.org.

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Children of Employee Scholarships

Scholarships for international employees' children and other family members are a key employee benefit that build staff loyalty, morale and retention while contributing to host-country goodwill. IIE develops and administers a range of these programs for corporations and corporate foundations. Each program is individually designed, and may include full or partial scholarship awards for study in the United States, the home country, or a third country for children of overseas-based employees or for overseas study by children of U.S.-based employees. Services provided by the Institute include publicity and recruitment, selection (including convening of impartial selection panels), evaluating financial need, awarding and administering scholarships, and monitoring scholarship winners.

Many companies already sponsor U.S.-based awards, such as National Merit Scholarships, for the children of their U.S. employees, but do not have awards for children of their overseas employees. IIE's experience of more than 80 years in international educational exchange offers companies a simple and proven method of designing and implementing international scholarships for children of employees. As the oldest and most experienced private, non-profit U.S. educational exchange organization [IRS 501 (c)(3)], IIE can assure companies that their international programs are soundly designed and professionally administered.

Corporate Benefits
Corporations offering international programs identify several benefits of the children of employee scholarships. They help companies to:

• Recruit and retain talented employees;

• Achieve parity between benefits offered to U.S. and overseas staff;

• Develop pools of skilled labor by expanding access to higher education for young people in target countries;

• Offer scholarships which comply with U.S. private foundation tax exemption guidelines.

Individually-Tailored Programs
IIE can help tailor a program to a company's needs. IIE will design and produce brochures and application materials in whatever languages are required, and convene impartial selection panels to choose scholarship grantees. Since students from more than 120 countries have participated in programs by the Institute of International Education, IIE can evaluate the educational credentials for students from diverse backgrounds and educational systems. Once recipients are selected, IIE staff monitors their progress and continued eligibility, administers grant funds, and provides complete financial accounting.

The Institute of International Education is prepared to provide services to the corporate sponsor in the following areas:

• Announcements and Applications

• Screening and Selection Process

• Notification and Establishment of Grantee Status

• Grant Payments

• Academic Monitoring

• Reporting and Analysis for Sponsor

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Scholarship Programs in Countries Where You do Business

There is no better way of showing genuine interest in the economic growth of the countries where you do business than by sponsoring scholarships for their residents. These scholarships are tangible, visible investments in the countries' future. They enhance your corporate image and reputation as well as your relationship with the community. In addition, a well-designed scholarship program develops a highly trained workforce and future national leaders.

IIE has extensive experience running international scholarship programs for multinational companies and organizations. IIE's planning staff helps clients define goals and implement scholarship programs that meet these goals. Clients are amazed at how simple it is to have a scholarship program when IIE designs and manages the entire program or any of its component parts:

• Designing a program that serves the public interest as well as corporate goals

• Publicity and recruitment

• Selection of candidates by an impartial panel

• Awarding scholarships

• Placing scholarship winners in study programs, in the U.S. and abroad

• Financial and administrative details

• Monitoring progress of scholarship winners

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Recruiting U.S.-trained International Employees

When hiring people for positions in other countries, problems of cultural shock are almost eliminated if you hire people who are studying in the United States. IIE's Employee Locator Service helps multinational companies find potential employees who understand the demands of U.S.-based organizations. Once IIE knows your needs, you will get a recruiting strategy and customized reports for meeting your goals. This Employee Locator Service includes:

• Itemized list showing which colleges and universities have the most students from your target countries

• Data on hundreds of thousands of international students studying in the U.S.

• Estimated number of students in targeted field(s) at each level of study so that you can pinpoint the location of students by country, field of study, and academic level

IIE's Locator Reports help you develop recruiting strategies that will enable you to find qualified U.S.-trained workers for overseas assignments.

Please contact Karin Eisele, Director (tel: 415-362-6520 ext.202; fax: 415-392-4667).