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According to data compiled by the American Association for 大学 of Teachers Association (AACTE), less than 10% of all faculty within higher education identify as African American, Latinx or Native American/Alaskan Native.
To help address this disparity, Old Dominion University’s Darden College of Education and Professional Studies 启动一个 福尔摩斯的学者 program, which falls under the AACTE umbrella. The college is accepting applications for its first cohort at its Holmes Scholar Program Application 网站. The priority deadline for applications is Dec. 1, and the program will start with the spring 2024 semester.
The Holmes Program launched in 1991 with the primary goal of establishing equity, diversity and cultural competence in programs of higher education and PK-12 schools. Nearly 700 scholars have benefited from the program since its inception.
Shuntay塔沃, associate professor in the Department of 咨询 and Human 服务s and director of ODU’s Holmes program, said 福尔摩斯的学者 will reap many benefits through mentorship, 同伴支持 and professional development opportunities the program provides.
“通常, at universities that strive to be inclusive but happen to be predominantly white institutions, there are just not as many students that are connected,”她说。. “It’s really helpful and impactful to be connected to people who are in similar situations. So this is the program where we say, ‘Let’s connect with other doc students, 不仅仅是在ODU, 但在全国范围内.”
Tarver said ODU’s initial cohort will consist of two or three second-year Ph.D. students who self-identify as racially and ethnically diverse and have completed 18 credit hours. They will receive a full tuition/fee waiver and $25,000 stipend funded by the Darden College. That money will allow students to fulfill program requirements that include travel to the annual AACTE national conference and the Holmes Summer Policy Institute and Day on the Hill.
“These are workshops that they have to go through to understand advocacy and policy with respect to the research and what that looks like in academic spaces,” Tarver said of the latter.
此外, the Darden College will host at least two professional development conferences per semester designed for 福尔摩斯的学者 and offer mentoring from Holmes 教师 Scholars that will be open to all doctoral students.
“Addressing the underrepresentation of diverse voices in higher education is not just a goal, but a responsibility we take seriously in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies,塔米·戴斯说, dean and professor of human services in the Darden College. “Our 福尔摩斯的学者 Program is a crucial step in this direction. By providing mentorship, 同伴支持, and professional development opportunities, we aim to empower underrepresented doctoral students, equipping them with the skills and network they need to thrive in academia.”
The college will also benefit from being part of the Holmes program.
“For us, when we have job postings, we get to post through 福尔摩斯的学者,” Tarver explained. “They have an entire Listserv of scholars across the country. But our students now also have access to those same Listservs. It makes our students more competitive. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement.”
For inquiries about the program, contact DCEPSHOLMESScholarProgram@promisesurfing.net.