COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00643R000600020052-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: March 2, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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OP 8770129-'
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2 MAR 198T,
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director
VIA: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: Hugh E. Price
Director of Personnel
SUBJECT: College Sponsorship Program
REFERENCE: 1987 Intelligence Authorization Act
1. The attached proposal for an undergraduate training program responds
to Congressional direction in the referenced Intelligence Authorization Act.
The program -- designed particularly for minorities and, where possible, for
the disabled, -- could lead to baccalaureate degrees and intelligence careers
for high school students interested in and capable of developing skills
critical to CIA's mission.
2. We are ready to implement this program upon your approval.
STAT
ILLEGIB
STAT
STAT
Deputy Director for Administration
Executive Director
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SUBJECT: College Scholarship Program
Orig - Addressee
1 - OGC
2 - DDA
1 - D/OP
1 - DD/E
1 - C/ROD
1 - O/COMPT
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The Agency proposes to establish a college scholarship progranL for
high-aptitude high school students as mandated by Sections 505 and 506 of
HPSCI's Intelligence Authorization Bill. This program will target
students whose field of study matches areas of critical Agency recruiting
needs. In addition, the program will concentrate on significant minority
participation, and where possible, the disabled.
PROCEDURES
The Agency will enter into a contractual arrangement with Scholarship
Selection Services of Educational Testing Services (ETS), Princeton, NJ,
to identify high-aptitude high school students, especially those from
minority groups, from which we will select candidates for this program.
We plan to hire five students the first year and expand by five students
a year to a maximum of 20 students per year. Those students hired in
this program must meet Agency medical and security requirements and begin
their first work period the summer following high school graduation.
They will be hired as a GS-02 and be promoted yearly, based on
satisfactory course work and job performance. After college graduation,
they will be eligible for promotion to a general professional entry grade
level not lower than a GS-07.
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Students hired into this program will be required to agree to the
following conditions:
a. Complete a mutually agreed upon educational course of study at a
fully accredited four-year college or university selected by the
student and approved by the Agency.
b. Maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher (out of a 4.0 grade system).
c. Work at an Agency facility during summer breaks between academic
school years and other times acceptable to the employee and the
Agency.
d. Reimburse the Agency for the educational costs under the program
(excluding pay and allowances) if the student fails to complete
the course of study or fails to serve as an Agency
employee.
e. Immediately following college graduation, serve as an Agency
employee for a period of one-and-a half years for each year of
Agency academic sponsorship. For the normal undergraduate
curriculum of four 8-month school years, this would be 48 months
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The Agency will pay expenses to include tuition, room and board,
fees, materials, and supplies. In addition, the Agency will also pay the
cost of transportation between the academic institution and Washington
for work periods. The legislative history requires that the students
will earn a year-round salary based on their determined grade level.
Exclusive of the program administrator's salary, the salaries of
students and support personnel, and the fee due ETS (yet to be
negotiated) for identifying scholarship-eligible applicants, program
costs are estimated to be as follows:
FISCAL YEAR
1987
5 students @
$10,000
= $ 50,000
1988
10 students @
$10,000
= $100,000
1989
15 students @
$10,000
= $150,000
1990
20 students @
$10,000
- $200,000
$500,000
$50,000 for tuition assistance has been added to OP's operating
budget for FY-87, but additional funding may be required for supporting
and services costs. Full funding will be necessary for FY-88. The full
program for FY-89 and 90 is included in our new initiatives package.
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