Prospective Teacher

Graduate Fellowships

(P.L. 89-329, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, TITLE V, PART C)

GRADUATE

PROGRAMS

1966-67

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

JOHN W. GARDNER, Secretary

OFFICE OF EDUCATION/HAROLD HOWE II, Commissioner

PROSPECTIVE TEACHER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND PROGRAMS 1966-67

The purposes of the Prospective Teacher Fellowship Program are

To encourage persons to pursue careers in elementary or secondary
education and to improve and to expedite their training.

To encourage the development of high quality graduate teacher preparation programs leading to the master's degree or its equivalent

To promote a wider geographical distribution of such programs and by means of these fellowships to strengthen and expand the nation's teacher training programs.

Under Title V, Part C of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to award 1,530 Prospective Teacher Fellowships in 1966-67. These awards will be made to students accepted for study in the approved teacher education programs and at the graduate schools listed in the following pages.

Approval of Federal support of fellowship programs under HEA Title V, Part C is contingent upon the institutions' assurance of compliance with the regulations issued under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which provides, in section 601, that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Description of Fellowships

A Prospective Teacher Fellowship is normally a 2-year award and may not be awarded for less than one full academic year, subject to the continued availability of appropriations and provided the Fellow devotes essentially full time to study or research and maintains satisfactory proficiency in an approved graduate study program.

The award provides a stipend of $2,000 for the first academic year of study and $2,200 for the second together with an allowance of $400 a year for each eligible dependent. An additional stipend of $400, plus $100 for each eligible dependent, is available for study of at least six weeks during the summer. allowance for travel is provided.

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A Fellow may not receive a stipend under a Prospective Teacher Fellowship while receiving any other direct Federal educational benefit. He is eligible, however, to apply for a loan under the National Defense Student Loan Program, Title II of the National Defense Education Act.

The university will receive a cost of education allowance of $2,500 per academic year for each fellowship it awards. This sum is given to the university in lieu of tuition and non-refundable fees or deposits.

Allocation and Award of Fellowships

Each year graduate institutions are invited to submit to the U.S. Commissioner of Education applications for allotments of fellowships to be awarded for study in graduate programs leading to the master's degree or its equivalent.

Fellowship candidates apply directly to the graduate schools, which later submit to the Commissioner the names of candidates nominated by them for the awards, Fellowships are tenable only at participating institutions and in the approved programs of these institutions.

Eligibility

To be awarded a fellowship:

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A person must be accepted for admission to the university as a full-time
graduate student in a course of study leading to the master's degree or
its equivalent.

A person must have completed the baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.
A person must be a citizen or national of the United States, or have such
immigration status and personal plans as to indicate that he is in the
United States for other than a temporary purpose.

A person must demonstrate a serious intent to pursue or continue to pursue
a career in elementary or secondary education through full-time study or
research for the period of the fellowship.

A person must be either:

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a recent college graduate who has never taught (i.e., those within 3 years of the baccalaureate degree, exclusive of military service)

a college graduate who has never taught

C. a college graduate who has not taught in recent years.

Fellowships under this program can not be awarded to experienced or in-service Peace Corps returnees who have not had full-time paid teacher experience in the United States are eligible under this program.

teachers.

Application Procedure

Application forms for Prospective Teacher Graduate Fellowships should be obtained from graduate schools offering approved program, not from the Office of Education. Applicants are advised to make inquiry at the individual graduate school concerning its deadline for receipt of applications.

For further information, write to:

Prospective Teacher Graduate Fellowship Program
Graduate Academic Programs Branch

Division of Graduate Programs, BHE

U. S. Office of Education

Washington, D. C. 20202

APPROVED PROGRAMS BY ACADEMIC AREA AND PROGRAM LEVEL, AND NAME OF INSTITUTION, 1966-67