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          Date of Hearing:   August 20, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
              ACR 168 (John A. Pérez) - As Introduced:  August 14, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   University of California Education Abroad Program

          SUMMARY  :   Expresses congratulations and appreciation to the 
          University of California Education Abroad Program on its 50th 
          Anniversary, for its historic and continued success in providing 
          study opportunities abroad for Californians.  Specifically,  this 
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)The University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) 
            was established by the Regents of the University of California 
            (UC) at UC Santa Barbara in 1962 to serve the international 
            education needs of undergraduate students; and, in its first 
            year, 80 UC students studied abroad and currently 81,500 
            students have been sent to study abroad. 

          2)In 1963, the UCEAP implemented a successful student exchange 
            model and serves to further internationalize UC campuses and 
            their communities by hosting undergraduate and graduate 
            students from top-ranked partner institutions at the UC's 10 
            campuses, with approximately 25, 000 students hosted since the 
            program was established.

          3)The primary charge of the UCEAP is to provide students with an 
            international academic program. The UCEAP also prepares 
            students for academic and professional work in a global 
            economy through internships, laboratory research, independent 
            research projects, and community service opportunities; and, 
            by providing semester or year in length programs, they are 
            also promoting language acquisition and supporting UC, state, 
            and national goals of creating students with foreign language 
            expertise.

          4)The UCEAP strives to make studying abroad affordable for all 
            by utilizing the UC Financial Aid program and the Gilman 
            Scholarship Fund which has a $1.5 million scholarship 
            initiative for participants to work towards being awarded. 

          5)The UCEAP is committed to providing the highest levels of 
            health, safety, and security support for its students, 








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            faculty, and staff by partnering with United States 
            governmental agencies, UC risk managers, and UC travel and 
            security assistance providers to add value to UCEAP's 
            emergency response and security program.

          6)In the changing global academic and economic environment, the 
            UCEAP continues its commitment to UC students and continues to 
            create new and innovative international partnerships and 
            academic opportunities for students which are vital to our 
            state in its global economy.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          University of California

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800