CAN FOT MEMBERS HELP THE PEACE CORPS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM?
About 30 American universities participate in the Peace Corps Fellowship Program. Such schools offer full or partial scholarships to returning Peace Corps volunteers who agree to work in local “underserved” communities after receiving advanced degrees in various subjects. Among the subjects offered are: anthropology, international studies, nursing, public and business administration, primary and secondary education, languages, criminal justice, environmental policy, economics, sociology, social work, civil engineering, math, and community development. However, several specialties that were Peace Corps programs in Tunisia are not offered by any school – namely architecture, various agricultural sciences, and the general areas of mental health and developmental disability. Therefore, if you have a connection to a university that offers these sorts of programs, why not explore whether your school would be able to offer either a full or partial scholarship to one or more returning Peace Co
