Scholarships and Funding

I. Graduate Assistantships (Program or Teaching)

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis supportes several graduate assistants, graduate fellows, and teaching assistants. Students in our Department also find work opportunities through the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER), Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), Center on Education and Work (CEW), and The Wisconsin Center for Advancement of Post-Secondary Education ( WISCAPE )

Advanced Opportunity/Graduate Research Scholar Fellowship Eligibility Criteria
Graduate students admitted to the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Department who have the necessary skills and experience to assist a professor or project director in the teaching or research activities in which s/he is engaged are eligible to apply for graduate assistantships. Graduate assistantships are not offered as recruiting tools to students who are applying for admission to the Department.

Stipend
25-50% appointments available. The salary rate for half-time appointments (20 hours per week) is approximately $900 per month. One-third time (or greater) appointments carry remission of tuition and the opportunity for an excellent health insurance and benefits package.

Application Procedure
Graduate students who are seeking graduate assistantships should complete the form at the bottom of this document and submit it along with a their resume to Shari Smith, Student Services Coordinator, 1152 Educational Sciences Bldg, 1025 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706. Opportunities for graduate assistantships may occur at any time. Your application will be kept on file and you will be contacted when graduate assistantships become available.

Application Deadline
On-going application

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II. Scholarships / Fellowships

A. UW GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP

Eligiblity
Outstanding (top 5%) undergraduate and graduate records with minimum of 3.5 UGPA and 3.8 GGPA. Graduate Record Exam scores (General Aptitude) must accompany application. Limited to incoming students and dissertators.

Stipend
$18,567 (2009-2010 stipend) and remission of out-of-state portion of tuition/fees.

Application Deadline
Determined by Graduate School

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Application Deadline500
Application Deadline
To be announced by Graduate Student Council

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The University of Wisconsin purchased the former Governor's Mansion in 1951 with funds from the Knapp Memorial Graduate Program. Since 1954, the Kohler Foundation has generously assured continuation of the program by funding twelve fellowships. These fellowships provide free housing and offer an exceptional opportunity for graduate students from diverse disciplines to live together at the Knapp House, sharing research, culture and interests. Fellows host monthly seminar dinners that serve as a formal setting for the exchange of ideas. For these events, fellows recruit speakers, invite guests from across campus and the community, and prepare and serve an elegant dinner. For further information about the Knapp House, please check out our website at: http://knapphouse.rso.wisc.edu/fellowship/fellowship.html

Eligibility
Students making satisfactory progress towards a degree and meeting one of the following criteria:
• Ph.D. and SJD candidates with dissertator status
• Third year MFA candidates
• Third year professional school candidate (Law, Medicine & Veterinary Medicine)

Application Procedure
The department must submit:
1. A letter of support/recommendation from the student's advisor; and
2. A statement of nomination/endorsement from the Department Chair.
-Note: Each department may only nominate two candidates.

The student must submit:
1. A Curriculum Vitae;
2. A letter of interest. The letter of interest must include information about academic and professional leadership, cultural, social & community activities, team building experiences and extracurricular interests and activities; and
3. A one-page summary of the student's dissertation topic (for public audiences).

Contact & Submission
Knapp House Fellowship Committee
The Graduate School
Room 217, Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Drive

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D. AASA SCHOLARSHIPS
(American Association of School Administrators)

Eligibility
Persons of demonstrated competence who are preparing for a professional career in school administration. Numerous scholarships and awards are available.

Stipend
See AASA website http://www.aasa.org/awards/index.cfm

Application Deadline
See AASA website http://www.aasa.org/awards/index.cfm

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E. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS

Advanced Opportunity/Graduate Research Scholar Fellowship

Eligibility
http://www.grad.wisc.edu/education/funding/aofelig.html

MASTER'S CANDIDATES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONLY ONE YEAR OF GOF FUNDING.

For prospective doctoral students only, we will guarantee a second year of support (at the continuing rate), when the student becomes a dissertator, provided the student has been supported for at least one year with the match of at least 33 1/3 (or arranged) PA, TA, RA, traineeship, or departmental fellowship. An eligible fellow may receive a maximum of two years of GOF funding.

Continuing GOF Students
Doctoral candidates may receive a second year of GOF funding, provided the student has received at least one year of additional support of at least 33 1/3% (or arranged) PA, TA, RA, or traineeship. The year of matching support may precede both years of GOF funding or follow the first year of GOF funding, or be determined by the Department. Students may receive no more than two years of GOF fellowship while at UW-Madison.

Stipend
$14,642 (9 month academic year 2009-2010 stipend) M.S. Degree candidates will be eligible for one year of AOF support. Ph.D. candidates will be eligible for no more than 2 years of AOF support. Fellowship includes full tuition, segregated fees, health insurance eligibility and a $600 Vilas Welcome Week award stipend.

Application Procedure
Students are nominated by their department and may be required to interview with the Admissions and Student Personnel Committee prior to being offered a fellowship.

Application Deadline
Mid-February (Contact the Department for further information)

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Arvil S. Barr Graduate Fellowship (Academic Year)

The Arvil S. Barr Graduate Fellowships are academic-year, full-time awards set at the level of the full-time Graduate School Fellowships at $18,587 (2009-2010 rate). The recipients' tuition and fringe benefits will also be paid. Recipients must hold no other appointment from the University. The runner-up for the fellowships will receive a $5,000 Thora Wick Homme Memorial Scholarship.

Eligibility
The recipients must be dissertators in the School of Education whose academic and research program focus is on learning, teaching, or teacher education.$14,642 (9 month academic year 2009-2010 stipend) M.S. Degree candidates will be eligible for one year of AOF support. Ph.D. candidates will be eligible for no more than 2 years of AOF support. Fellowship includes full tuition, segregated fees, health insurance eligibility and a $600 Vilas Welcome Week award stipend.

Application Procedure> 1) A 3-5 page, double-spaced statement by the nominee describing his or her academic program, research interests and plan (theories on which the dissertation is grounded - present a rational and conceptual framework for the study.
2) What the candidate hopes to accomplish during the year the fellowship is received.
3) The student's transcript and vita.
4) Two faculty letters of support, one of which must be from the student's major professor.

Application Deadline
To be announced (typically mid-February)

Arvil S. Barr Graduate Fellowship (Summer)

The summer award will consist of  a single payment of $5000 that will be sent to the recipient in late July.

Eligibility
The recipients must be an advanced graduate student in the School of Education whose major focus, in terms of program of studies and research projects, is teacher education. The recipient must hold no other summer appointments from the University and does not have to be enrolled during the summer. Students at or near the dissertation level have been selected most frequently for this award in previous years, though dissertation status is not a requirement.

Application Procedure
There is no application form. Each department may submit only one nomination. Nominations must include the following:

1) A 3-5 page, double-spaced statement by the nominee describing his or her academic program, research interests and plan.
2) What the candidate hopes to accomplish during the year the fellowship is received.
3) The student's transcript and vita.
4) A letter of recommendation written by the chair or the student's major professor, and at least one other faculty letter of recommendation.

Application Deadline
To be announced (typically mid-February)

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Henry Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Eligibility
Full-time graduate student. Nomination process.

Stipend
$14,850 Tuition remission, benefits, and a $1,500 flexible fund awarThe summer award will consist of a single payment of $5,000 that will be sent to the recipient in late July.

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Homme Wick Scholarship

Eligiblity
Awarded to the runner-up in the Arvil S. Barr Fellowship competition

Stipend
$2,500

Application Deadline
Automatic application with Arvil S. Barr Fellowship

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Theodora Herfurth Kubly Graduate Fellowship

Eligibility
Dissertation-level fellowship for a minority gaduate student. By nomination.

Stipend
$18,587 (2009-10 rate) includes tuition and benefits.

Application Deadline
To be announced

Christine and Philip Lowewick Graduate Fellowship

The fellowship is awarded by the All School Minority/Underserved Population Scholarship Committee and is intended for a graduate student who intends to pursues a career serving schools with predominantly minority populations and who is most likely to become an outstanding leader in the field of multi-cultural education.

Interested applicants must have been admitted to the Graduate School and be enrolled full-time in a degree program in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis during the 2009-2010 academic year.  

Applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

1. A 300-500 word essay describing the reasons for pursuing a degree in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and future career goals.
2. A letter of support for the scholarship from your major advisor in   the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis.
3. A short statement of financial need.

 Application Deadline:

To Be announced.

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Eligibility

The fellowship is awarded by the All School Minority/Underserved Population Scholarship Committee and is intended for under-represented groups, either an undergraduate or graduate student, who intends to pursue a degree in the School of Education.

 Interested applicants must have been admitted to the Graduate School and be enrolled full-time in a degree program in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis.  

• A 300-500 word essay describing the reasons for pursuing a degree in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and future career goals.
• A letter of Support for the scholarship from your major advisor in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
• A short statement of financial need.

Application Deadline:
To be announced.

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(NOT AVAILABLE FOR 2009-2010)

Academic Year 2005-2006

Today's global, technology intensive, and rapidly changing economy requires the development of new approaches to teaching and learning technical and professional expertise. To meet these challenges, scholar-leaders in the nation's 2-year colleges must conduct research that guides the design of new instructional practices and policies. The development of scholar-leaders is critical to increasing access to high quality technical education and lifelong learning experiences for the nation's citizens. With generous support from the Morgridge Family Foundation, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and the University of Wisconsin Foundation and endowed fellowship was created in 2002 to support advanced graduate study in Technical Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The fellowship will be awarded on a competitive basis for up to two years of full-time graduate study, pending the availability of fellowship funding.

Prospective fellows must be admitted to graduate study level in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis prior to being considered for a fellowship appointment. A 5-person selection committee will be appointed by the Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis to screen the applicants and select the fellow. The committee will include representatives from the faculty, the Wisconsin Technical College System Office, and the presidents of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges.

Applicants for the Fellowship:

1. Must have completed course work and the Ph.D. qualifying examination in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis with a focus on higher and post-secondary education.
2. Currently hold or aspire to obtain a leadership position in the Wisconsin Technical College System.
3. Must engage in full-time graduate study during the period of the fellowship.

Fellowship Benefits (estimated for 2005-2006)

• Academic Year Stipend $14,850
• Tuition and Fee Waiver $ 7,592 or $1810 (dissertator
  tuition)
• Research and Travel Support $ 1,500
• Total $23,942 (approximate)

The Morgridge Fellow will also be provided with office space, technology support, and project affiliation opportunities at the Center on Education and Work.

Additional information on the Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Program can be found at the following website, http://grad.wisc.edu/admin/accounting/grantsadmin.html

Application Procedures and Deadline:

Upon announcement, please submit the following information to L. Allen Phelps at the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Room 1152, 1025 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706:

• A cover letter describing your interest in the Technical College Leadership Fellowship
  Transcripts of completed graduate course work
• A statement describing your dissertation research and career goals
• Three letters of recommendation that address your potential contribution to the goals of the Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Technical College Leadership, including a letter from a college president or officials associated with the State Board.
  

Application Deadline: Mid-February by announcement

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Wisconsin-Spencer Doctoral Research Program (DRP)

Anchored by funds from the Spencer Foundation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, the School of Education offers a program designed to provide extra opportunities and support for doctoral students who are preparing for careers in educational research. This program is intended to strengthen and supplement, not to supplant, the training that students receive in their departments. In addition to regular departmental work, participant’s work with diverse faculty, apprentice research projects, participate in common seminars, and present their own research. All participants are eligible for funds to cover limited professional expenses such as travel to a professional meeting or computer software. In addition, some students receive fellowship support for four years: two year from the Spencer Foundation or the Graduate School and two additional years from their home departments.

Application Procedure
The Doctoral Research Program is open to all students in the School of Education who are currently in their first or second year of doctoral work. Thus, students enter the program in the second or third year of graduate student. Either a student or advisor may initiate an application for admission to the DRP, but both must be involved in the application process. After reviewing the description of the DRP and determining whether it matches the student’s needs, and applicant and his/her advisor prepare a statement of the student’s reasons for wanting to join the program, anticipated professional directions, and an initial program plan that lays out anticipated courses and research experiences for at least one year, preferably two. The application is then submitted to the student’s home department. Departments rank their applicants and submit their rankings along with their applications to the DRP.

Application Deadline
Early January by announcement

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F. Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Scholarships / Fellowships

Support for Student Research Travel

In recent years the Department has been able to provide some financial assistance to students attending conferences of professional organizations and associations such as those listed on our website (on the Department’s home page, choose “reference,” “links,” and “professional organizations and associations”. The amount of funding available each year depends on a number of factors including the number of students requesting support, travel and registration costs, and the interest earned by Department accounts at the UW Foundation. Historically, the Department has provided students with travel support ranging from $150-400 for one conference annually, with preference given to students who will present a paper or who have been chosen to represent the Department at a national conference (e.g. UCEA Graduate Student Research Seminar), or whose travel is related to dissertation research.

Application Procedure and Deadline
http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/reference/forms.htm
(Choose Travel Reimbursement Form)

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Henry C. Ahrnsbrak Scholarship

Eligibility
Financial assistance to a graduate student(s) in ELPA. Preference given to (1) a Nigerian student, (2) any foreign student, and (3) any underrepresented American citizen. May also be used to support grants for dissertations, especially on multi-disciplinary topics.

Stipend
Approximately $2,000-$6,000

Application Deadline
Mid-February by announcement

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Roy Fairbrother Fellowship
Academic Year 2009-2010

Applicants should have a research focus that deals with marketing in the K12 Leadership, Higher, Postsecondary and Continuing Education or Policy arena. 

The fellowship will be awarded on a competitive basis for up to three years of full-time graduate study.  The appointment will be made for one academic year, and may be renewable for up to a total of three years.  Applicants seeking a one-year renewal must provide a progress report regarding their graduate study and research.  

Prospective fellows must be admitted to graduate study at the doctoral level in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis prior to being considered for a fellowship appointment.   Applicants must engage in full-time graduate study during the period of the fellowship; 8 graduate credits for non-dissertators, 3 graduate credits for dissertators.   A selection committee will be appointed by the Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis to screen and select the fellow. 
2009-2010 Fellowship Award (Approximate)

The Fairbrother Fellow will also be provided with office space and technology support.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

1)  A cover letter describing your interest in the Roy Fairbrother Fellowship
2)  Transcripts of completed graduate course work
3)  A statement describing your dissertation research and career goals
4)  Three letters of recommendation that address your potential contribution to the goals of the fellowship.

Application materials should be submitted to:

Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Scholarship Committee
Attention: Shari Smith
1152 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)263-2701

Application deadline to be announced.

Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for Outstanding Research in Social Studies (by nomination)

$600 (approximate) awarded to doctoral student(s) who has demonstrated outstanding research and scholarly writing accomplishments in the social studies.

Publication of the students’ work may already have occurred or may be the students’ ultimate goal, but prior publication or acceptance for publication is NOT a prerequisite for the award. The requirement for the award is that the work by excellent and demonstrate “outstanding research in the social studies.” The students’ work may be a book, manuscript, seminar paper, course paper, or paper submitted for presentation at a professional conference or to a scholarly journal. Thesis and dissertations may not be submitted, although the student may submit papers derived from these larger works. Only students who are currently enrolled are eligible.

Each submission must be accompanied by a brief latter of nomination from a Social Studies Division faculty member. In the letter of nomination, please describe the submitted work, its contribution to its field and to social studies, and tell us what makes the material worthy of this award. Please verify, too, that the student author has indeed produced the work him/herself, and that the author is a doctoral student. The award can only be given on the basis of a sole-authored paper. For future nominations, whenever a student completes a promising paper that leads to co-authorship for publication with a faculty member, please be sure to retain the sole-authored version for nomination for this award.

Application Procedure
Submit six copies of each student’s work and the faculty letter of nomination to Department Admissions and Student Personnel Committee.

Application Deadline
To be announced (typically late March)

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Earl E. Hoffmann Graduate Fellowship

Eligibility
Interested applications must have been admitted to the Graduate School and be enrolled full-time in a degree program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis during the academic year they are applying for.

Stipend
Graduate student fellowship in the amount of $2000 (approximately) for the academic year.

Application Procedure
Applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

1. A 300-500 word essay describing the reasons for pursuing a degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and future career goals.
2. A letter of support for the scholarship from your major advisor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
3. A short statement of financial need.

Application materials should be submitted to:

Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Scholarship Committee
Attention: Shari Smith
1152 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)263-2701

Application Deadline
To be announced (typically mid-February)

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Lanore A. Netzer and Glen G. Eye Scholarships

Eligibility
Interested applications must have been admitted to the Graduate School and be enrolled full-time in a degree program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis during the academic year they are applying for the scholarship. One scholarship will be awarded to a female graduate student and one to a male graduate student.

Stipend
$7000 per year (2009-2010 stipend)
The amount of the awards will be approximately $1750 per semester and will be given to two full-time graduate students majoring in educational administration or supervision of instruction.

Application Procedure
Applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

1. A 300-500 word essay describing current extra-curricular activities and future career plans.
2. A letter of support for the scholarship from your major advisor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
3. A short statement of financial need.

Application materials should be submitted to:

Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Scholarship Committee
Attention: Shari Smith
1152 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)263-2701

Application Deadline
To be announced (typically mid-February)

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Mary Pockat Graduate Fellowship

This fellowship is awarded to a returning adult student with preference given to an individual with family responsibilities.  The student selected as the Delmar and Mary Pockat Fellow must have demonstrated the highest commitment to educational administration and show outstanding potential.  The student must also demonstrate a long term commitment to the field of educational administration in public schools. 

ELIGIBILITY

Interested applications must have been admitted to the Graduate School and plan to be enrolled in a minimum of three credits each semester in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

• A 300-500 word essay describing the reasons for pursuing a degree and/or administrative certification in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at UW-Madison and future career goals.
• A letter of support for the scholarship from your major advisor in   the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis.
• A short statement of financial need. 


Application materials should be submitted to: 
Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Scholarship Committee Attention: Shari Smith
1152 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson StreetMadison, WI 53706
(608)263-2701

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Glenn T. and Barbara S. Thompson Graduate Award Fund

A new fund at the UW Foundation allows the Department to offer an annual graduate assistantship to a first-year Ph.D. candidate interested in rural education administration. James T. Thompson, recently retired Executive Vice President of The Mosaic Company, created the fund in honor of his parents, Barbara S. Thompson and the late Glenn T. Thompson, both alumni of the Department.

Both Barbara and Glenn dedicated much of their teaching and administrative careers to the advancement and improvement of rural education. Jim Thompson noted that his parents both grew up in rural areas and always had an interest in the special issues facing rural education. With that in mind, he decided to establish the Barbara S. and Glenn T. Thompson Graduate Award Fund, designed to make an annual award to a first-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) with an interest in rural education.

After each earned their Ph.D. in educational administration from UW–Madison in 1969, Barbara and Glenn Thompson went on to provide leadership to educational organizations throughout the state. Barbara, now 83, also served as the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1973-1981, the first woman elected to that office, during a time of major change and challenges. Elizabeth Burmaster, the current state superintendent, and Julie Underwood, dean of the UW–Madison School of Education, credited Barbara for opening doors for women in educational leadership and for advancing the Wisconsin Idea of service to all parts of the state.

The first graduate assistantship from the Thompson fund was awarded in the spring of 2008, for a student starting in the 2008-09 academic year.

Eligibility:
Interested applications must have been admitted to the Graduate School and plan to be enrolled full-time in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis during the academic year.

Stipend:
12 month graduate assistantship rate

Application Procedure:
Contact ELPA for further information

Application Application Deadline:
To be announced

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George Tipler School Law Study Program

Eligibility The George Tipler family has funded an annual grant to be given to a student in the administrator preparation program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Mr. Tipler was the former Executive Director of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. Recipient must be enrolled in an administrator preparation program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The grant is for the study of a school legal issue.

Stipend
The amount of the grant in 2009 is $700.

Application Procedure
An application for the grant should include a one or two page description of the school legal issue to be studied and the proposed use of the grant funds. The application should be submitted to Professor Julie Mead of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, 1025 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706.

Application Application Deadline
To be announced

III. Graduate Research Seminars

David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar

Brief History of the David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar

The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar emerged from the 2-3 day regional series of graduate student seminars held by UCEA since 1966. At first held in member institutions, UCEA announced that it would support two graduate student seminars beginning in 1979. UCEA demonstrated its support by providing a grant to the host institution to cover some of the expenses of the students sent to the seminar, by publicizing the seminar in its news releases and newsletter, the UCEA Review, and by providing a forum of the proceedings in the UCEA Review. By 1984, the seminar had adopted a new title: National Graduate Students Research Seminar in Educational Administration and had begun to hold the seminar prior to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting. At this time, the event was co-sponsored by AERA and the National Institute of Education (NIE). The seminar changed again as NIE folded. UCEA stepped in and provided financial support beginning in 1986. By 1987, UCEA and AERA were joined by the US Department of Education Office of Research in their sponsorship of the seminar. Another change occurred in 1998 when UCEA, AERA Divisions A and L, and Corwin Press joined together to sponsor the graduate student seminar. In 1999, the graduate student seminar adopted its current title: David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy in honor of David L. Clark who had passed away in 1988.

Nomination Process

Each year, students are chosen to participate in the seminar through a rigorous selection process: first, they are nominated as candidates by their department chair or dean; second, they develop a detailed research proposal which outlines salient features of their study; finally, the proposals are blind reviewed by members of the planning committee, which selects the forty highest-ranking nominees.

Nominees

Nominees should be outstanding doctoral students in educational leadership, administration, and/or policy, seeking careers in research. Nominees must have substantially completed their courses and must have formulated a dissertation proposal. Nominations of students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged. Invitations will be issued to 40 doctoral students, with competition based on the judged quality of the student’s research and capacity to gain from and contribute to the seminar.

Nomination Form and Abstract of Student Research From and Other Information Relating to the David L. Clark Seminar (available online at http://www.ucea.org/)

Barbara L. Jackson Scholars Program (UCEA)

UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars Network

In November 2003, members of the UCEA Plenum voted to create the UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars Network. Through this effort, UCEA will create a network of graduate students of color who are studying in UCEA members’ educational leadership doctoral programs and who are planning to enter the professoriate.

The Purposes of This Network are to

a. Provide a system of support for students of color across UCEA member institutions that will continue as they enter the professorial role and begin to mentor others into the profession.

b. Ensure the presence of minority faculty in educational leadership programs in numbers sufficient to assure that UCEA programs will reflect the diversity of our society and schools.

c. Support the K-12 environment’s need for a larger pool of administrators from minority groups, through enhanced abilities to recruit them into university programs

d. Demonstrate UCEA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice

Guidelines

Each UCEA Institution is encouraged to identify a minimum of one and preferably more graduate students who will be named a UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholar.
Once identified, the UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars will receive formal recognition at their institutions and within the UCEA consortium.
The UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars will become part of a UCEA network, with a space on the website, and based on the ability of UCEA to acquire external funding, will engage in a graduate student seminar held annually during the UCEA Convention, participating in listservs and other forms of communication,
UCEA will develop a mentoring program for Jackson Scholars, through which scholars will receive mentoring in publishing, teaching and navigating higher education.
Each UCEA Institution is expected to make a financial commitment to sending the UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholars to the UCEA convention where they will have opportunities to connect and work with one another and to provide the scholar with research and teaching opportunities within their home institution.
UCEA will seek funds to support this network.
UCEA headquarters will assure that this information on this effort is disseminated widely to garner support and broaden job opportunities for the students.

Rationale

Although the US, UK , and Canada are becoming increasingly diverse, the teaching and leadership corps of these countries, and higher education leadership faculty, continue to be predominantly white. Data from 1999-2000 % indicate that only 14.8% of school administrators in the US are people of color. In colleges of education, where most of these school and school system leaders are being educated, the percent of faculty members of color is 15.5 %. Without some proactive intervention, it does not appear that these figures will change very greatly in the next decade.


In his book Building Bridges delineating the history of UCEA, Jack Culbertson notes that UCEA was influenced at its beginnings by the fundamental belief that schools and universities must work together to improve educational leadership preparation and that “leadership was a prerequisite for human progress,” (p. 24) In recent years, both its membership criteria and its strategic plan, UCEA has taken a public stand to foster “human progress” through its support of equity and social justice in our institutions, our organization, and our work We pride ourselves on having a membership that is considered among the best doctoral granting educational leadership programs in the world. In order to maintain that status, it is imperative that we model what we believe by having a diverse faculty.


Establishing a support network for students of color planning on entering educational leadership programs in higher education will help in recruiting students from minority groups into our programs and thus into K-12 and higher education positions; will expand our capacity to place and retain minorities in positions in UCEA institutions, and will lessen the isolation often felt by minorities as they matriculate in their studies and work in our institutions, Taking this action will also assist in assuring that our institutional cultures are more welcoming and comfortable for students of color, enhance our capacity to more fully understand students from differing backgrounds, broaden the research perspectives in our field, and enhance our credibility in higher education and in K-12 schooling. Finally, this action continues the legacy upon which our organization was built.

Nomination Form (available on line at http://www.ucea.org/)

ASHE Public Policy Seminar for Advanced Graduate Students

The Association for the Study of Higher Education is headquartered at Michigan State University (http://www.ashe.ws/index.htm)

The Annual Graduate Student Seminar on Higher Education Policy is held prior to the ASHE Annual Meeting in November. The Policy Seminar provides graduate students with opportunities to meet and interact with researchers and other individuals who are knowledgeable about critical policy issue in higher education, policy formation and formulation, as well as state politics. This seminar also offers students a splendid opportunity to interact with other graduate students with similar interests from universities across the country.

Nomination Form (available online at http://www.ashe.ws/futureconf.htm) Click on ANNUAL CONFERENCE and select GRAD STUDENTS on menu listing.

 

 

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IV. External Funding Resources:

Information available via the Graduate School:
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