Civic Education Project
Helps Restore Social Sciences in NIS


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Founded in late 1990 by American graduate students from Harvard and Yale, the Civic Education Project works to restore the universities of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as "places where the next generation [can] think independently about vital economic, political, legal and social issues." Having started with only 15 teachers in the field, today CEP is making plans to send 130 instructors to roughly 65 universities in 12 countries of the region for the academic year 1995-96.

CEP program participants are drawn primarily from universities in the advanced industrial countries, but there are no citizenship requirements--or quotas. While most have recently acquired their Ph.D. degree, others are retired faculty, and a significant number have JD, MPA or MA degrees.

CEP lecturers receive air transportation, health insurance, a shipping allowance, teaching materials, local language lessons and a modest living stipend. The "host" university provides housing and a local currency salary. The organization's literature states that its program "can best be described as a year of voluntary service similar to the U.S. Peace Corps," and adds that "teaching with CEP is a year of rewarding service and an opportunity to participate first-hand in the transformation under way in the region."

Through the Visiting Lecturer Program, CEP scholars not only teach in the classroom but engage in a wide variety of outreach efforts, assisting their host universities to:

Faculty and advanced graduate students are encouraged to apply for CEP's 1995-96 program. The selection process is competitive, but the growing demand for CEP Lecturers creates more and more opportunities.

For more information and application materials, contact:

Civic Education Project
P. O. Box 205445 Yale Station
New Haven, CT 06520-5445
Tel: (203) 781-0263
Fax: (203) 781-0265
E-mail: [email protected]

This article is from the November 1994 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West

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Last updated: December 1995

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