New Chinese student program
Signaling its continued commitment to educational and cultural exchanges, Harvard signed an important agreement Wednesday (April 13) with the China Scholarship Council (CSC) that will offer yearly fellowships for up to 35 Chinese students to attend the University at the graduate level. The new collaboration will provide funds from the CSC, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to Chinese citizens to study abroad, for up to 20 students earning master’s degrees at any of Harvard’s seven Schools — the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), Harvard Business School (HBS), Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard Law School (HLS), or Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) — with the CSC also covering living expenses and round-trip airfare for the students. In addition, the CSC will support up to 15 doctoral students annually in the same Schools (although HKS Ph.D. degrees are...