THE 100 UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00560R000100020080-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: April 12, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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12 April 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: ALL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITERS
FROM : Chief, Personnel Recruitment Division
SUBJECT : "The 100 Universities Program"
1. As outlined in my 21 March memorandum to the Director of
Personnel (Subject: FY 1964 Recruitment Program Planning) and my
memorandum of 28 March (Fall Conference and 1963-64 Campus S, hedules),
we are planning Agency team visits to some 100 colleges and universities
during the week of 4 November 1963.
2. These visits will present, in informal meetings, the broad
personnel needs of the Agency to Placement Directors, Department
Chairmen, and Key Faculty Members. Each team will be comprised of
the Area Professional Recruiter and a Senior Agency Official. Whether
the latter be from the DDP, DDI, DDS, DDR, he will be chosen on the
basis of his Agency knowledge and his ability to present the Personnel
requirements of this Agency without parochialism or prejudice ; he will
be selected with a view towards presenting to university officials the
best possible image of the senior CIA operating official.
3. The objcct.ve of this program obviously is to impress upon
the academic community the importance of our mission and the wide
variety of opportunities it offers young people to serve their country in
careers in intelligence.
4. these team visits constitute the first step in our Academic
Recruitment Progr,&rri. We expect that individual Agency c ,mponents will
wish to pursue, on their own initiative, relat on.sh;ps with various depart-
mtent heads and faculty menibei s, and shall encourage this; but any
unilateral approaches should follow our presentat,.)n of the Agency picture.
5. It was mentioned in my 21 March memorandum to the Director
of Personnel that we shall welcome the cooperation of individual components
in interviewing selected applicants but only at the request of the Field
Recruiter who senses the need for a subsequent interview in persuading
a top-notch candidate to come our way.
6. The attached listing is purely tentative. Y.ou are free to
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substitute, as necessary, or as you see fit, but you are to hold to a
one -a-day schedule for each of the five days 4 - 8 November. However,
you are to include all of the colleges and universities 25X1A
25X1A In those schools, we expect you to work with
25X1A
Placement Director, in working up the guest
fists, invitations, time and place of meeting, menu, introductions, etc.
Incidentally, we shall have a considerably improved brochure to hand
25X1A out at these ses ions. you will be working through
the Placement Direct,,ri, of course, and, whether a luncheon or dinner
session is scheduled will depend on the advice you get from the school
officials concerned. We favor an ear y evening dinner meeting as against
a luncheon hour that w,uld n,-t permit sufficient time for a full presentation
and a question and an,wer period. In any case, you are to pick up the
tab (entertainment vouchers)
7. When you have your itinerary firmed up, let us know so
that the Director of Personnel can write to each of the participating
universities. 'I he exact details of schedules, transportation and hotel
reservations for both yourself and tiavclLng companion, of course,
should be in final order by yourself bef re we assemble at 25X1A
25X1A this fall. At
we shall cover the program thoroughly in our
general agenda and the joint agenda with the 25X1A
shall have the Agency Official team members selected by that time so We
that you can have a 10 October or earlier session with your teammate
before you leave Washington.
8. It is none too early to start now on your planning and schedule
arrangements. We are very pleased with the positive approach you are
taking toward this program based on the phone calls we have had from
certain of you. If individual problems or questions arise, don't hesitate
to let us know. Do not combine recruiting dates with these University
visits without my personal understanding of any necessity therefor and
approval
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