REPORT TO HPSCI AND SSCI ON BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00643R000600020053-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: February 25, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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Report to HPSCI and SSCI on Benefits Accruing from the
Undergraduate Training Program
As required in Title IV, Sections 505 and 506 of the unclassified, Joint
Explanatory Statement of the Committee on Conference, CIA has developed an
undergraduate training program which could lead to baccalaureate degrees and
intelligence careers for high school students interested in and capable of
developing skills critical to the Agency's mission. The program will provide
tuition assistance and CIA work experience to students pursuing intelligence
related studies with the understanding that they will become full-time CIA
employees unpon graduation.
This innovative program has the potential to enhance recruitment by
tapping new sources for applicants. It also could assist us in broadening the
cultural base of our employees, which would enhance their effectiveness in
carrying out our worldwide intelligence mission. Finally, it will enhance our
ability to develop a core of employees with critical skills. We will be
looking for potential operations officers, linguists, engineers, polygraphers,
economists, and other specialists essential to our mission.
The Agency will enter into a contractual arrangement with Scholarship
Selection Services of Educational Testing Services (ETS), Princeton, New
Jersey, to identify high-aptitude high school students, especially those from
minority groups and, where possible, the disabled, from whom we will select
candidates for this program. We plan to hire five students in 1987 and expand
by five students a year to a maximum of 20 students per year. Those students
hired in this program will begin as GS-03s and be promoted yearly based on
satisfactory course work and job performance. The intent of these promotions
is to have the students at the general professional entry grade level of GS-07
at the end of their four-year academic program.
CONDITIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
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 Grade Point Average of 2.5 or higher (out of a 4.0 grade
system).
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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
for a period of one-and-a-half years for each year of Agency
sponsorship. For the normal undergraduate curriculum of four
school years, this would be 54 months.
employee
academic
9-month
The Agency will pay expenses including an annual salary, tuition, room and
board, fees, materials, and supplies. The total amount per student, per year,
will not exceed $10,000 over and above salary and benefits.
The Agency will also pay the cost of transportation between the academic
institution and Washington for work periods.
SUMMARY
In implementing this program, we are mindful that open Agency sponsorship
of these students could limit their opportunities to hold cover positions.
Likewise, our overseas environment could limit placement opportunities for
students with physical disabilities. We will, however, strive to match the
critical skills these students develop with our needs to make this program
mutually beneficial to the students and the Agency.
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