| About The mission of the C-Corps, Jr. program is to build greater mutual understanding of the cultures of the United States and China among the American and Chinese participants in the high school community. With China headed toward becoming one of the world's largest ecnonomies during this century, the teaching of the Mandarin Chinese language is suddenly growing in American schools. Currently, there are nearly 800 pre-collegiate schools wiht Chinese language programs. The C-corps, Jr. program expects the exchange students to share in the learning of Chinese and Chinese culture with their peers and in turn receive assistance from the American students with their English language work. The structure of this program will enable participants to contribute to the host school by being a lively and engaged "student cultural ambassador." Since 1990, The Laurasian Institution has facilitated the study of and travel to Japan for over 2000 students and teachers at the pre-collegiate level through the New Perspectives program. Also, we have brought over 100 pre-collegiate students from other nations to the United States as exchange students through our Cultural Resource Programs touted by participants as one of the best in the exchange field. In order to extend a similar opportunity to students in China, The Laurasian Institution (TLI) and The China Scholarship Council (CSC) have joined efforts to bring a select group of pre-collegiate students from China to become high school exchange students in the United States through the C-corps, Jr. program. This program is designed as a high-quality, academic year study abroad program to the United States for Chinese secondary school students. All Chinese exchange students will be guaranteed a placement in public or private schools with good academic standards. All host schools are recognized by the appropriate educational authorities in the United States and have Chinese language programs. To ensure that the mission of the program is achieved, a unique feature of C-corps, Jr. program is that the Chinese exchange students are contributing to enhance of the host schools' Chinese language program. As a native, teenage Chinese speaker, the Chinese exchange student attends one Chinese language class per day at the host school, sharing contemporary Chinese language and culture, thereby enhancing his or her American peers' efforts to learn about China. In exchange, the exchange student's understanding of American culture and its educational system will be improved through his/her unique role as a cultural bridge. This allows for meaningful sharing to occur between the exchange student and American students. C-Corps,
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