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United States Government provides opportunities for sta ff to v is it American universities and Fu lb righ t Grants have been obtained from time to time to bring eminent scholars to The Chinese University. The Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Car negie Corporation, The Asia Foundation, the Lingnan Board o f Trustees in New York, the Harvard-Yenching Institu te , the Yale- in-Ch ina Association, and the Josiah M acy ， J r. Foundation have a ll contributed to the general activities o f the various research centres as well as to specific research projects. This support has played a v ita l role in making The Chinese University an active member o f the world o f learning. The University also benefits from the contacts tha t the Foundation Colleges have w ith pa rticu la r international organi zations. New Asia College has a close relationship w ith the Yale- in-Ch ina Association. Chung Chi College is affiliated w ith the D a r tm o u t h -Project-Asia, the Wellesley-Yenching Committee ， the Princeton-in-Asia Committee and Redlands University. Un ited College participates in the “ W illiam s-in-Hong Kong” programme and a student exchange programme w ith Ind iana University. The Chinese University entered in to an exchange agreement w ith the University o f California in June 1965 which enables undergradu ates and graduates o f the University to attend the University o f Californ ia under a fu ll tu itio n waiver. Undergraduates and gradu ates o f the University o f Californ ia receive the same consideration from The Chinese University. In add ition ， faculty members from the University o f California are invited periodically to come to teach, supervise research or assume adm inistrative responsibilities at The Chinese University. This exchange programme w ith m inor modifications was renewed on a year-to-year basis since its in ception and ， w ith the establishment o f the University o f California Study Centre in 1967 ， it became pa rt o f the regular programme o f the University. A pre lim inary plan for an exchange programme between the University o f Pittsburgh and The Chinese University was mapped out in 1967. The working relationship between the two Universities dates back to 1965 when two prom inent Pittsburgh sociologists were invited to come to advise The Chinese University on the development o f its programme in Sociology. The exchange pro gramme was later broadened to include the exchange o f teachers and graduate students and the development o f courses and jo in t research projects. In this pa rt o f the w orld ， The Chinese University enjoys a very close working relationship w ith the University o f Hong Kong. Before The Chinese University was founded, the University o f 63