TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY

The institute for recruitment of teachers (irt) addresses the lack of diversity in the nation's teaching faculties by recruiting outstanding students of color and other scholars committed to diversity in education, preparing them for the demands of careers in education, counseling them through the graduate school application process, and advocating for sufficient funding for advanced study. Since 1990, the irt has built a national consortium of colleges and universities that are eager to enroll irt students to diversify their graduate student bodies and expand the pipeline of educators to teach, counsel, and administrate in american schools, colleges, and universities. Irt urges its students to earn their advanced degrees and teaching credentials before they launch their educational careers. Annually, the irt enrolls over 100 talented students who are majoring in the arts, humanities, social sciences, or education, to its associate program for college seniors and graduates who wish to continue their educational studies. Since its inception, nearly every irt applicant has been admitted to at least one graduate school within the irt consortium of 38 colleges and universities; most have been admitted to four or more. Approximately 50 percent of these students have received partial to full tuition waivers and full fellowship assistanceship funding for up to six years of graduate study. To date, the irt has worked with over 2,800 interns and associates. Of that number, over 1,000 participants have already received terminal master's degrees and 430 have earned ph.d.s. Irt alumni serve in the administrative and teaching ranks at over 130 colleges and universities as well as numerous public, private and parochial schools. In the coming decades, a number of these scholars will emerge as educational leaders.