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'''The Institute for Citizens & Scholars''' (formerly known as the '''Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation''') is a nonpartisan, [[non-profit institution]] based in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]] that says it aims to strengthen American democracy by
In June 2020, the Board of Trustees of the foundation voted unanimously to remove Woodrow Wilson from its name, citing his racist policies and beliefs.<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Hannan |first1=Frances |title=Statement on Changing the Name of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation |url=https://woodrow.org/news/ww-name-change/ |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=woodrow.org |date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> In November 2020, the organization was renamed "The Institute for Citizens & Scholars".<ref>{{cite press release |title=The Institute for Citizens & Scholars |url=https://woodrow.org/news/citizens-scholars/ |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=woodrow.org |date=16 November 2020 |location=Princeton, New Jersey}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaschik |first1=Scott |title=New Name for Wilson Foundation |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/11/17/new-name-wilson-foundation |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=November 17, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
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As the original large-scale Woodrow Wilson Fellowships came to an end, the Foundation still sought to provide opportunity in higher education for specific groups of students. Following a precedent set by some of the Foundation's earlier supplementary fellowships, the Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies, created in 1974, not only bolstered the growth of feminist scholarship across the humanities and social sciences, but also supported primarily women scholars completing Ph.D.s in these fields at a time when women were significantly underrepresented in doctoral study.
In the 1980s and 1990s the Woodrow Wilson Foundation continued to encourage work in targeted academic disciplines. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-04 |title=Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship - Citizens & Scholars |url=https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-scholars-education-leaders/charlotte-w-newcombe-fellowship/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Institute for Citizens & Scholars |language=en-US}}</ref> funded by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, still supports completion of Ph.D. work on ethical or religious values in any field of the humanities or social sciences. Other Woodrow Wilson programs created during the 1980s and 1990s to strengthen specific academic fields included the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1982–2006) and the Spencer Dissertation Fellowships in Education (1987–1992).
During the same period, the Foundation also established fellowships in higher education to encourage preparation for specific national high-need fields such as women's health.
From time to time
=== Professional development for teachers (1974-present) ===
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The WW Teaching Fellowship was launched in 2007 in two versions.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/education/20teaching.html "Foundation Hopes to Lure Top Students to Teaching"] (December 20, 2007), ''The New York Times.''</ref> One version funded by the [[Annenberg Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annenberg.org/|title=Annenberg Foundation|website=Annenberg Foundation|language=en|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> the Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship, was implemented at four selected national universities—[[Stanford University]] and the Universities of [[University of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[University of Virginia|Virginia]], and [[University of Washington|Washington]]—that showcase excellence in teacher preparation. In the other, state-based model, Fellows enroll in an intensive master's-level teacher preparation program at one of a designated group of universities. The universities, in exchange for receiving exceptional teacher candidates and a matching grant, agree to rethink their teacher preparation programs, emphasizing classroom experience from the early phases of the program. A third related program, the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color, was transferred to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in 2009 by the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]]. Fellows across all three programs receive $30,000 stipends and enroll in teacher preparation programs designated by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
The state-based model of the WW Teaching Fellowship was first implemented as the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship in December 2007 with the support of Lilly Endowment <ref>{{cite book | doi=10.1007/978-
In addition to its teacher preparation activities, the organization continues to offer a suite of fellowships that prepare emerging scholars and leaders for success in the American academy and in several high-need fields. These include the Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies, the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (ending in 2024), a fellowship for journalists reporting on higher education,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Higher Ed Media Fellowship |url=https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-business-policy-leaders/higher-ed-media-fellowship/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Institute for Citizens & Scholars |language=en-US}}</ref> a suite of fellowships funded by the [[Mellon Foundation]],
=== College Presidents for Civic Preparedness ===
College Presidents for Civic Preparedness,<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Presidents for Civic Preparedness |url=https://collegepresidents.org/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=College Presidents for Civic Preparedness |language=en-US}}</ref> launched in 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=US universities launch partnership to elevate free speech to counter threats to democracy |url=https://apnews.com/article/free-speech-on-college-campuses-84ffdc68e191fcfa5185954402fdb677 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> brings together more than 70 campus leaders<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidents |url=https://collegepresidents.org/presidents/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=College Presidents for Civic Preparedness |language=en-US}}</ref> from diverse institutions across the country who are committed to preparing today’s young people for citizenship in American democracy. They share a set of civic commitments<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Civic Commitments |url=https://collegepresidents.org/civic-commitments/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=College Presidents for Civic Preparedness |language=en-US}}</ref> to foster free expression, civil discourse, and civic readiness within higher education.Together, they seek to provide students with meaningful civic education and opportunities to develop skills, habits, practices, and norms for living in a pluralistic society.
=== The Civic Spring Fellowship ===
==Institute for Citizens & Scholars Leadership==
The president of the organization is Rajiv Vinnakota, former Executive Vice-President of the [[Aspen Institute]] and co-founder of the [[SEED Foundation]]. The Board of Trustees is chaired by
==References==
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==Further reading==
* Bennett, Richard. "The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Humanities at Work." ''South Atlantic Review'' 66.3 (2001): 114-120. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3201793 online]
* George, Gerald. "Wilson dissertation fellowships: An experiment with speed." ''Journal of Higher Education'' 42.1 (1971): 56-63.
▲* George, Gerald. "Wilson dissertation fellowships: An experiment with speed." ''Journal of Higher Education'' 42.1 (1971): 56-63.
* Mooney, Joseph D. "Attrition among Ph. D. candidates: An analysis of a cohort of recent Woodrow Wilson fellows." ''Journal of Human Resources'' (1968): 47-62 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/144647 online].
* Rosenhaupt, Hans. "The Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program: Achievements and Problems: 1958 to 1963." ''Journal of Higher Education'' 35.5 (1964): 239-246.
* Rosenhaupt, Hans. "Participation of Negroes in Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Programs." (ERIC, 1968). [https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED030371.pdf online]
* Taylor, Andress, and John A. Sekora. "The Woodrow Wilson teaching internship program: A case study." ''Journal of General Education'' (1967): 202-215. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/27796080 online]
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