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Welcome to STAR The OIPS at the University of Alabama in Huntsville administers the Success Through Academic Research (STAR) Project: The Independent Study Scholarship Program for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). The STAR Project provides Alabama teachers (K-12) with an opportunity to engage in an independent study program to enhance their understanding of the classroom subjects they teach. Administered according to a process similar to that of the well-known Fulbright Program, the STAR Project awards a limited number of scholarships to teachers who have been nominated by their principal or superintendent, and who have then submitted a meritorious proposal for independent study (excluding graduate courses). The proposals are evaluated by subject-matter specialists, who forward their recommendations to a final selection committee. The committee then makes scholarship awards based on these recommendations and other criteria approved by ACHE.
Since 2003, the OIPS has awarded 55 STAR scholarships to Alabama teachers to pursue independent study in one of the nine core subject areas recognized by the state: mathematics, science, English, civics and government, foreign languages, arts, geography, history, and economics. Teachers who have participated in an independent study program bring diverse domestic and international experiences and improved subject area understanding to enhance their classrooms.
PREVIOUS STAR SCHOLARS 2003-04 STAR Scholars
The STAR project is funded in part by federal grants under the No Child Left Behind Act, administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Links Alabama Commission on Higher Education website Back to OIPS Outreach Programs . |
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