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SPEA partners with Teach for America to enable students to "make a difference"
March 20, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs has joined a partnership with Teach for America (TFA), a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced public schools.
As a Teach for America partner, SPEA will offer two-year deferred admission to accepted applicants who also are selected by the organization for a two-year teaching term at one of TFA's 13 school sites.
"Teach for America brings together individuals who are committed to equitable access to quality education for children," said Charlie Johnson, coordinator of graduate student recruitment in SPEA. "These same TFA corps members are committed to addressing other problems in our social and natural world. SPEA presents these prospective students with an academic opportunity that is often a perfect fit for those who are passionate about making a difference."
Since its founding in 1989, Teach for America has received more than 25,000 applications and has placed more than 5,000 recent college graduates in communities and areas ranging from South Central Los Angeles to the Mississippi Delta and the South Bronx. The nonprofit organization is funded by individual gifts, corporate and foundation grants, and federal support through AmeriCorps.
Other TFA partners are the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and Arthur Andersen Consulting. For more information about Teach for America, go to its Web site at http://www.teachforamerica.org
The IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers undergraduate, professional and doctoral degrees in environmental science, public health and public affairs. As an indication of the quality of its faculty and programs, the school's public affairs graduate program was named the third best in the country by U.S. News and World Report in its most recent ranking. For information on the school, see its Web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~speaweb/index2.html
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)