AFRICAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES (ASPAU)

PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS NOT EXCEEDING 4 YEARS IN VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL FIELDS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (AGRICULTURE, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, ETC). AID DETERMINES DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBER OF AWARDS IN CONSULTATION WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN INSTITUTE (AAI) AND ASPAU BOARD, WHICH REPRESENTS PARTICIPATING US SCHOOLS. STUDENTS ARE SELECTED BY COMMITTEES REPRESENTING BOTH HOST COUNTRY AND ASPAU AND ACCORDING TO AID GUIDELINES. AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL; US UNIVERSITIES COVER TUITION, FEES, GUIDANCE, COUNSELING; AID CONTRIBUTES OTHER MAJOR COSTS, SUCH AS MAINTENANCE (INCLUDING ROOM AND BOARD), MEDICAL INSURANCE, INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. AAI ADMINISTERS PROJECT UNDER AID CONTRACT. CARNEGIE CORPORATION, OLD DOMINION FOUNDATION, ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND, COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD, FORD FOUNDATION ALSO CONTRIBUTE. SUMMER AND TERMINAL TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED BY AAI TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL SKILLS THROUGH ON-JOB TRAINING, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS. 1/11/71 PROJECT AUTHORIZATION PROPOSED TO TERMINATE PROJECT IN 1975. AID LIMITED ITS ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BEFORE 1970-71 ACADEMIC YEAR AND BEGAN TUITION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR 20 JUNIOR YEAR TRANSFER STUDENTS. IN 1967 US UNIVERSITIES OFFERED GRANTS COVERING ALL EDUCATIONAL AND LIVING EXPENSES, WITH AID PAYING SELECTION AND ORIENTATION COSTS. AFTER 1970-71 NO NEW 4-YEAR AWARDS WERE MADE. 2/26/71 PROJECT AUTHORIZATION CREATED AFRICA TRANSFER STUDENT AWARDS (ATSA) PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 2-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS IN JUNIOR YEAR OR FOR PROFESSIONALS WITH 1 YEAR OF POST SECONDARY SCHOOL TRAINING. FIRST GROUP IS ELIGIBLE FOR TUITION WAIVERS FROM UNIVERSITY; SECOND GROUP IS FULLY FUNDED BY AID.