On June 1, 2001, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) jointly assumed the management and coordination of the Holmes Scholars Program. The Holmes Scholars Program was launched in 1991, by the Holmes Group, [now Holmes Partnership] with the primary goal of establishing equity, diversity, and cultural competence in programs of higher education, and PK-12 schools. The Program was designed to enhance the teacher education profession by recruiting, preparing, and sustaining faculty and students who reflect and understand the implications of diverse perspectives in the nation's learning communities. It is, by all accounts, a model of best practice.

The Holmes Scholars are a select group of graduate students who are enrolled at The Holmes Partnership institutions. They are preparing for careers in the education professorate and in professional development schools. More than 450 students have participated in the network and over 100 are currently in tenure-track positions at colleges and universities around the country.

Dr. Alicia Ardila-Rey of AACTE directs the Scholars program. At GSEHD, Dr. Maxine Freund, in collaboration with staff members of the Deans Office, support the Scholars Program.

For more information visit the Holmes Scholars Website at:
http://www.holmes-scholars.org