Collaborating with the East-West Center, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) is proud to share with its Pacific region constituents information about fellowships in the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP).
Entering its 8th year, the APLP is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia-Pacific region. The APLP is a graduate certificate program through the University of Hawai‘i that combines the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. Based at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, the program is creating a network of dynamic leaders who are familiar with the critical issues of the Asia-Pacific region. The APLP Fellowship is valued at approximately $10,000.
The APLP seeks as participants outstanding individuals with leadership experience or high leadership potential from across the Asia-Pacific region, the United States, and beyond. All participants have at least a bachelor’s degree, with the majority having graduate degrees or professional experience. At least 20 countries are represented in each cohort. APLP fellows come together from all walks of life, including government, business, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), health, sciences, media, monastic orders, and the academe.
APLP fellows gain a broad regional perspective, become knowledgeable about the critical challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, and are trained to exercise collaborative leadership and promote cooperation toward the well-being of the countries and peoples of the region. Established through generous funding support from the Freeman Foundation, the APLP empowers future leaders with the knowledge, skills, experiences, and supportive community needed to successfully navigate personal and regional change in the 21st century.
Recruitment for 2008–2009 is currently open. Places are limited and the application deadline is December 1, 2007. For more information about the APLP, application forms and an array of supplemental scholarships, please visit the East-West Center’s website at www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp.
PREL is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation that works in partnership with the Pacific educational community to provide quality programs and products developed to promote educational excellence, including professional development and educational materials. In addition, PREL administers the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Pacific, 1 of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories funded through the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. With a commitment to ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to develop a strong academic foundation, regardless of circumstances or geographic location, PREL serves the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai‘i, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
For additional information about this media release or PREL and its work please contact Jackie Burniske, Executive Director, Center for Information, Communications, and Technology by telephone at (808) 441-1300 or by email at burniskj@prel.org.
(Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008)