Ayusa
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| Company type | Non-profit |
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| Industry | Education |
| Founded | United States: San Francisco |
| Website | ayusa |
Ayusa (Ayusa International) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote global learning and leadership through foreign exchange, study abroad, and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world.[1] The organization was co-founded by John Wilhelm and Takeshi Yokota in 1981 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. John Wilhelm and Takeshi Yokota also founded Intrax.
Ayusa is a founding member of the Counsel on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) and has received a full listing as an accredited exchange organization for 25 years, since CSIET's inception.[2]
Ayusa matches American host families (in all 50 states) with international high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old for an academic year or semester.[3][4] Ayusa also has various short and long-term study abroad programs for American high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old.[5]
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Grant programs[edit]
Ayusa currently administers several grant programs funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State including the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programs (YES)[6][7][8] and the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX).[9] In the past, Ayusa has also administered several other U.S. Department of State grants, including the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX),[10] the Mexico Youth Leadership Program (Jóvenes en Acción),[11][12] and the Emerging Youth Leaders Program.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Xi Jinping Iowa visit echoes past trips by future stars" BBC News. February 14, 2012.
- ^ "CSIET: Council on Standards for International Educational Travel". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ “Merna woman helps place foreign exchange students with host families” Kearney Hub. April 14, 2012.
- ^ "Exchange students waiting for host families, friendship" The Oakland Press. March 19, 2012.
- ^ "Studying Abroad" Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Lincoln Courier. October 20, 2011.
- ^ "About | YES Program". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Find Exchange Funding to the U.S." 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Muslim students say YES to the U.S. - CSMonitor.com". The Christian Science Monitor. 16 September 2008.
- ^ "About CBYX – CBYX".
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "La Jornada: Es preocupante el mundo de la violencia: Carlos Pascual a estudiantes mexicanos". 20 July 2010.
- ^ "Incursionan en el narco, cada vez más jóvenes | EL ECONOMISTA Política".