Vice-Chancellor's Report 1978-82

Cooperation in Higher Education (CICHE) under the auspices of the British Council, the Exchange Scheme was mainly financed by grants from the Liu Lit Mo Fund supplemented by the CICHE Short-Term Visitors Programme. In addition, two tutors from Yale University visited New Asia College every year to assist in the teaching of English and to promote cultural exchanges. A similar exchange programme is also on-going between the University's Institute of Chinese Studies and Sinology research institutions in France. The University has established extensive exchange programmes wi th French institutions of learning. After a visit to France of senior Chinese University academics, the French Foreign Ministry set in motion several short exchange programmes which covered several academic disciplines including Business Administration, Mathematics, Marine Biology and Anthropology. Under these exchange schemes, many French academics visited and gave lectures at the University and our own staff and students were able to spend time at French universities. In an effort to build on and expand its existing exchange programmes with other academic institutions, the University also entered into agreement wi th the International Students Exchange Programme (ISEP) in 1982. In that year, three students of the University left for one-year attachments at other universities associated with the ISEP. I n return, the University admitted three students from institutions under the ISEP network. In addition to the above schemes, the Colleges also maintained their individual exchange schemes wi th various overseas universities. Chung Chi College has exchange programmes wi th Elmira College, the University of Redlands and the University of Washington and Lee in the United States as well as Keio University and the International Christian University in Japan. New Asia College has similar schemes wi th Asia University in Japan; United College is linked in the same way to Williams College and Indiana University in the United States. Students of the University have been most enthusiastic about such exchange programmes and have demonstrated their enthusiasm by the many applications for exchange places. Cooperation wi t h China After the change of political climate of China in 1976 ， contacts and cooperation with the outside world were encouraged. Not only 47