Black Graduates Engineering and Science Students of Berkeley
The objectives of BGESS are to recruit new graduate students of African Heritage; to provide them with support while they complete the requirements for Masters and Doctoral degrees; and through persistent efforts, to influence departments and programs of Engineering, Natural, and Physical Sciences toward the awarding of tenured faculty positions to outstanding professionals of African Heritage.
Committee for Institutional Cooperation
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation, established in 1958, is the academic consortium of twelve major teaching and research universities in the Midwest. Its programs and activities extend to all aspects of university activity except intercollegiate athletics. The CIC headquarters office is located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the office is supported through member university dues.
The Compact for Faculty Diversity
The Compact for Faculty Diversity is a partnership of regional, federal and foundation programs that focus on minority graduate education and faculty diversity. The Compact for Faculty Diversity has a simple goal: to increase the number of minority students who earn doctoral degrees and become college and university faculty. By supporting and encouraging these minority students, the Compact works to:
- increase the percentage of these students who obtain the doctoral degree and seek faculty positions
- diversify the pool of qualified faculty candidates
- increase the likelihood of success as faculty members in the academic community--teachers, researcher, mentors, academic leaders, role models.
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois
The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI) was established by the Illinois General Assembly and signed as Public Act 093-0862 on August 4, 2004. This act combines the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program (ICEOP) and the Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program (IMGIP) into a single fellowship program. The purpose of DFI is to increase the number of underrepresented faculty and staff in Illinois institutions of higher education and higher education governing boards.
Hispanic Theological Initiative
Since its inception, the Hispanic Theological Initiative has focused on impacting two important institutions-the academy and the church. Its focus on the academy stems from the historical underrepresentation of Latinos, both at the student and faculty levels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its scholarship program, HTI has sought to increase the number of Latinos who would otherwise not consider further theological education or complete their doctoral degree for lack of financial assistance. Through its mentoring, networking and community building components HTI has endeavored to help students overcome the sometimes overwhelming sense of isolation and marginalization traditionally encountered by Latinos pursuing doctoral studies.
Minority & Women Doctoral Directory
The Minority & Women Doctoral Directory is a registry which maintains up-to-date information on employment candidates who have recently received, or are soon to receive, a Doctoral or Master′s degree in their respective field from one of approximately two hundred major research universities in the United States. The current edition of the directory lists approximately 4,500 Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Asian American, and women students in nearly 80 fields in the sciences, engineering, the social sciences and the humanities. Also read the Information and Eligibility Requirements and Registration Information for Candidates.
New England Board of Higher Education
The Excellence Through Diversity Program aims to create a regional environment that supports the full participation of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in academia and industry -- particularly African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Southeast Asian -- at New England higher education institutions and in industry.
The New England Board of Higher Education′s Regional Student Program (RSP) provides New England residents with a tuition break when they study certain majors - not available at public colleges in their home state - at public colleges and universities in other New England states.
Programs are available through the RSP at all academic levels. The majors are approved each year by the participating institutions and listed in the annual RSP catalog.
Southern Regional Education Board
The Southern Regional Education Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program is part of a nationwide initiative, the Compact for Faculty Diversity, to produce more minority Ph.D.s and to encourage them to seek faculty positions. The compact provides minority doctoral candidates with academic and financial support as well as personal guidance, support and counseling.
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Higher education in the West is evolving rapidly in response to the twin pressures of heightened demand and constrained resources. The dual commitment that the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has historically made – to ensure broad access to higher education and to help states use their higher education resources as innovatively as possible – reflects those pressures. Our commitment is to assist states and institutions, through regional programs, research, and resource sharing, so that they can educate a broad range of students, including minority and older or returning students. Read WICHE′s 2004 Workplan (PDF file).