Ford Scholars

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Ford Scholars Symposium

Established in 1988 with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the Ford Scholars Program of Vassar College fosters student and faculty collaboration on research projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The program encourages academic mentoring relationships between undergraduate students and professional scholars. Faculty mentors initiate and mentor each project and design them to include significant student participation. Students become junior partners in professional scholarship, course preparation and teaching related research. Over the years the energy and dedication of students and faculty have made this a healthy and thriving program. Its success is reflected in the many student participants who have gone on to receive advanced degrees in the humanities and social sciences. Its impact can also be seen in the many Vassar courses whose content and structure have been transformed and strengthened by these imaginative projects.