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Poly Reps puts a paycheck behind the campus welcome
Cal Poly’s student ambassadors spent decades introducing strangers to university life. Paying them changes who can afford to do the introducing.
The UCLA tour guide who used to be in the tour group
UCLA Engineering Ambassadors put current students in charge of the introduction. Between the buildings and the questions, prospective engineers get a glimpse of who they might become.
Harvard Student Agencies
Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) is the largest student-run company in the world. Founded at Harvard in 1957 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it employs more than 900 Harvard undergraduates each year across roughly a dozen businesses - from The Harvard Shop and Trademark Tours to Let's Go travel guides, HSA Tutoring, GroupGear custom apparel, and Campus Insights user research. Students run every division as managers, gaining hands-on business experience while earning wages that help offset the cost of a Harvard education.