The Education Affinity Group is active on projects funded by the US National Science Foundation ($10K/year for five years), US Department of Education ($68K/year over four years), and individual alumni.
Members of this Affinity Group are primarily academics and are drawn from all disciplines. They are united by their interest in enhancing education for those interested in careers in science-related fields. Members have different focal points: undergraduate education, graduate education, on-line education, continuing education.
This group was formed in 2008, and to date, its work has led to programs led by Fulbrighters in Barbados, Ecuador, Hungary, Jamaica, Philippines, Singapore and USA-Ohio.
"Passports for Progress"
- Started in 2011, this initiative seeks to assure that students leave school with two documents: a diploma that proves they are educated and a passport that allows them to dream about future opportunities, to broaden their education, and to use their education.
Information Exchange
- The Fulbright Academy hosts a working session at its annual conference for alumni who are interested in issues relating to undergraduate education and undergraduate research. We are an institutional member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, and the head of the CUR participated in our 2010 Annual Conference.
Undergraduate Research Experiences
- The Fulbright Academy's Intro to Global Research Program makes it possible for minority undergraduate students to get a passport and a week-long group experience in a foreign country. We had 12 students go to Singapore in 2009, 12 to Hungary and 3 to Barbados in 2010, and 6 to Jamaica in 2011. The goal is increasing the quality and quantity of students successfully completing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate degree programs. The Fulbright Academy's network makes it possible for students to spend time with Fulbright alumni. The universities get funding for the program from the US National Science Foundation's Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program, and we are currently part-way through a 5-year $50,000 project in partnership with Chicago State University.
- Chicago State University has partnered with the Fulbright Academy on a separate four-year, $2.4 million initiative funded in 2011 by the US Department of Education. As with the NSF initiative, our network will provide educational offerings to undergraduate minority students so that they have a better understanding of the national and international science community. The Fulbright Academy's portion of the grant is $160,000 (or 6.7% of the total grant).
- The International Undergraduate Research Symposium (IURS) has been an annual one-to-two week program since 2008. The IURS makes it possible for students to share their research with an international audience of peers, thereby increasing the likelihood that students will continue on for graduate work in the sciences. The symposium includes an interdisciplinary course on research methodologies. The January 2008 program was hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University in Ecuador, with participants from PUCE and Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. The January 2010 program was at Visayas State University in the Philippines. The January 009 and 2011 symposiums were hosted by Wilmington College, which is located outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. The 2012 IURS will be in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Click here for one-page summary of the First IURS
- Click here for two-page flier about the Intro to Global Research Program
- Click here for two-page flier about the 2012 IURS to Serbia
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