The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program.[1][2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 94 select partner universities in the United States.
Shelby Davis co-founded the scholarship program in 2000 along with Phil Geier, former President of UWC-USA.[3] Once UWC graduates enroll in one of the Program's partner U.S. colleges or universities, the Program provides financial support for their undergraduate educations through institutional grants that support need-based scholarships. Originally, the scholarship was offered to students matriculating at one of five colleges in the United States: the College of the Atlantic, Middlebury College, Colby College, Wellesley College and Princeton University. The network of eligible universities has since grown to 95.[4]
The scholarship is restricted to students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at one of the 18 schools or colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement. UWC is an educational movement including 18 sixth form colleges (upper-level secondary schools) and full schools located throughout the world that educate international students from 160 countries, with a focus on peace and sustainability.[5]
Five years after the program was launched, the Boston Globe wrote "The effects [of the Davis Scholarships] have been dramatic. At Colby, where total enrollment is 1,800, international enrollment jumped from 6 percent to 10 percent in five years. At College of the Atlantic, which has just 265 students, 17 percent come from other countries, up from a handful before the Davis scholarships. At Wellesley and Princeton, international enrollments have grown from 6 percent to 8 percent."[6] More recently, the president of Colby college has said that the program "changed American higher education by making the best colleges and universities available to deserving students from around the world."[7]
As of 2020, the program had paid the tuition of over 10,000 students.[2]
Participating universitiesedit
As of 2023[update], there are 99 participating universities.[8] Names marked with an asterisk signify the original five universities.
^"Teaching global understanding", Jenna Russell, Boston Globe, July 21, 2005
^"Beginning this fall, the DavisConnects program will make global experiences available for all students", Amy Calder, Portland Press Herald; Portland, Me. 20 Apr 2017: B.2.
^"Partner Institutions". Davis UWC Scholars. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
External linksedit
Davis United World College Scholars Program Web Site
Shelby Davis on everything2.com
April 25, 2024
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The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world s largest privately funded international scholarship program 1 2 It awards need based scholarship funding aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges UWC movement to study at 94 select partner universities in the United States Shelby Davis co founded the scholarship program in 2000 along with Phil Geier former President of UWC USA 3 Once UWC graduates enroll in one of the Program s partner U S colleges or universities the Program provides financial support for their undergraduate educations through institutional grants that support need based scholarships Originally the scholarship was offered to students matriculating at one of five colleges in the United States the College of the Atlantic Middlebury College Colby College Wellesley College and Princeton University The network of eligible universities has since grown to 95 4 The scholarship is restricted to students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at one of the 18 schools or colleges in the United World Colleges UWC movement UWC is an educational movement including 18 sixth form colleges upper level secondary schools and full schools located throughout the world that educate international students from 160 countries with a focus on peace and sustainability 5 Five years after the program was launched the Boston Globe wrote The effects of the Davis Scholarships have been dramatic At Colby where total enrollment is 1 800 international enrollment jumped from 6 percent to 10 percent in five years At College of the Atlantic which has just 265 students 17 percent come from other countries up from a handful before the Davis scholarships At Wellesley and Princeton international enrollments have grown from 6 percent to 8 percent 6 More recently the president of Colby college has said that the program changed American higher education by making the best colleges and universities available to deserving students from around the world 7 As of 2020 the program had paid the tuition of over 10 000 students 2 Participating universities editAs of 2023 update there are 99 participating universities 8 Names marked with an asterisk signify the original five universities Amherst College Amherst MA Babson College Babson Park MA Bard College Annandale on Hudson NY Barnard College New York NY Bates College Lewiston ME Bennington College Bennington VT Bowdoin College Brunswick ME Brandeis University Waltham MA Brown University Providence RI Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr PA Bucknell University Lewisburg PA Carleton College Northfield MN Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Claremont McKenna College Claremont CA Clark University Worcester MA Colby College Waterville ME Colgate University Hamilton NY College of Idaho Caldwell ID College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor ME Colorado College Colorado Springs CO Columbia University New York NY Concordia College Moorhead MN Connecticut College New London CT Cornell University Ithaca NY Dartmouth College Hanover NH Davidson College Davidson NC Denison University Granville OH Duke University Durham NC Earlham College Richmond IN Emory University Atlanta GA Franklin amp Marshall College Lancaster PA Furman University Greenville SC George Washington University Washington DC Georgetown University Washington DC Gettysburg College Gettysburg PA Grinnell College Grinnell IA Hamilton College Clinton NY Harvard College Cambridge MA Harvey Mudd College Claremont CA Hood College Frederick MD Ithaca College Ithaca NY Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo MI Lake Forest College Lake Forest IL Lehigh University Bethlehem PA Lewis amp Clark College Portland OR Luther College Decorah IA Macalester College Saint Paul MN Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Cambridge MA Methodist University Fayetteville NC Middlebury College Middlebury VT Mount Holyoke College South Hadley MA New York University New York NY Northwestern University Evanston IL Oberlin College Oberlin OH Occidental College Los Angeles CA Pitzer College Claremont CA Pomona College Claremont CA Princeton University Princeton NJ Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte NC Randolph Macon College Ashland VA Reed College Portland OR Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota FL Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Savannah College of Art amp Design Savannah GA School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL Scripps College Claremont CA Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY Smith College Northampton MA St John s College Annapolis MD amp Santa Fe NM St Lawrence University Canton NY St Olaf College Northfield MN Stanford University Palo Alto CA Swarthmore College Swarthmore PA Trinity College Hartford CT Tufts University Medford MA Union College Schenectady NY University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA University of Chicago Chicago IL University of Florida Gainesville FL University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC University of Oklahoma Norman OK University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA University of Richmond Richmond VA University of Rochester Rochester NY University of Virginia Charlottesville VA Vassar College Poughkeepsie NY Wartburg College Waverly IA Washington amp Lee University Lexington VA Wellesley College Wellesley MA Wesleyan University Middletown CT Westminster College Fulton MO Wheaton College Norton MA Whitman College Walla Walla WA Williams College Williamstown MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA Yale University New Haven CT References edit OU sets record for UWC international freshmen Journal Record Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma City Okla 24 Dec 2020 a b Leading educational philanthropist shares his message with Wartburg s Davis Scholars 12 August 2020 World College Program Created Journal Staff Reports Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque N M Albuquerque N M 14 Apr 2000 7 The Program Davis UWC Scholars www davisuwcscholars org Retrieved 2018 09 26 UWC www uwc org Retrieved 2018 09 26 Teaching global understanding Jenna Russell Boston Globe July 21 2005 Beginning this fall the DavisConnects program will make global experiences available for all students Amy Calder Portland Press Herald Portland Me 20 Apr 2017 B 2 Partner Institutions Davis UWC Scholars Retrieved 28 July 2023 External links editDavis United World College Scholars Program Web Site Shelby Davis on everything2 com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Davis United World College Scholars Program amp oldid 1167619748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
