AEI for Students

The AEI Academic Programs team connects top college students across the country with the ideas, research, and network of AEI. Members of our growing student network share AEI’s commitment to fostering a healthy competition of ideas, defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more or get involved. (If you’re looking for information about a spring, summer, or fall internship, please visit AEI Internships.)

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Our Programs

AEI Executive Councils

The AEI Executive Council Program provides current undergraduates with the opportunity to engage with AEI’s scholarship, and to improve the quality and diversity of public policy dialogue on their campuses. Through a series of educational and networking opportunities, this program exposes the next generation of leaders in public policy, media, business, academia, law, and other fields to the research and people of AEI, and prepares them to model a competition of ideas on their campuses and beyond.

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Summer Honors Program

The American Enterprise Institute’s Summer Honors Program is an intensive, fully-funded educational and professional development opportunity in Washington, DC, for top undergraduate students. Participants in the program have the chance to connect with the ideas, research, and network of AEI, one of America’s preeminent policy think tanks.

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The AEI Connector

The American Enterprise Institute is one of America’s preeminent public policy research organizations, or think tanks. The AEI Connector brings together top students from around the country and connects them to what AEI is doing through periodic updates on the latest AEI programs, opportunities, and key developments specifically for undergraduates. Sign up today to become a part of this community.

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December 16, 2020

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The Summer Honors Program Connects College Students with AEI and the Broader DC Policy Community

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Initiative on Faith & Public Life

A unique outreach effort of AEI, and part of our Academic Programs department, the Initiative on Faith & Public Life provides Christian college students with formational educational and professional opportunities that propel them to lives of faith and leadership in the public square. The Initiative sponsors conferences, on-campus events, and other intensive programming that explore topics of politics, public policy, economics, business, and society from a perspective of faith. It also produces a variety of educational resources, including books, essays, videos, and documentaries. Segments of the Executive Council Program and Summer Honors Program are sponsored by this initiative.

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