Talent Identification Program
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The Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a gifted education
program based at Duke University
. Its purpose is to identify gifted children and provide them and their parents the resources for them to reach their full educational potential.
Duke TIP operates in sixteen states throughout the South and Midwest, specifically the states of Alabama
, Arkansas
, Florida
, Georgia
, Iowa
, Kansas
, Kentucky
, Louisiana
, Mississippi
, Missouri
, Nebraska
, North Carolina
, Oklahoma
, South Carolina
, Tennessee
, and Texas
. Duke TIP was originally started in 1980 and operated in 13 states; Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska were added the following year.
Children are identified in fourth/fifth grade and/or in seventh grade. In the seventh grade search, students take the SAT
or ACT
. If a student does exceptionally well on these exams, he or she can receive state and even national recognition for his or her efforts. This usually entails a congratulatory letter, medals, and an invitation to attend an awards ceremony.
TIP also runs several summer and weekend residential programs for the students. TIP's Summer Studies Program consists of the Academy and Center for Summer Studies. These programs are offered for seventh through tenth graders, known as first to fourth years, respectively. College campuses currently hosting Academy for Summer Studies Programs include University of Kansas
, Appalachian State University
, Texas A&M University
, University of Georgia
, and Duke Marine Lab. The Center for Summer Studies Programs are located at Trinity University
, Davidson College, and Duke (East and West campuses). The Summer Studies program has two terms at each campus, except Duke Marine Lab, for Academy participants, and for people that wish to study under the Center program, both Duke campuses, Davidson, and Trinity are two terms. Duke Marine Lab is one term. Participants can choose from a variety of courses and focus on one area for three weeks of intense study.
The three-week Summer Studies program is an intensely social environment for most students. Often seen as more of a vacation or escape than a solely educational opportunity, the experience is usually linked to college life. The TIP schedule includes weekend dances and scheduled nightly recreation jokingly known among students as "mandatory fun"; thus, even outside of class, students are constantly occupied and social. Field trips, campus-wide events, sports events, and special events are common, and they are a lot of fun for students. The program has its own entire systems of lore and tradition, such as the Llama, "Toga Tuesday", "Swamp Fest", Cross-Dressing Day and a roll call dance. Because of the program's socially intense qualities, end-of-term goodbyes are extremely emotional, especially for departing fourth years.
Duke also hosts academic enrichment programs for older students, including the PreCollege Program at Duke's West campus, the Leadership and Great Debates Institutes at Duke's East Campus, and the International Affairs Institute at Wake Forest University
. In addition, there are a variety of two-week field study programs which take place across the country and around the world. In select cities, scholar weekends are held throughout the year.
The students that participate in the program have seven hours of class each weekday and three hours on Saturday.
Gifted education
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...
program based at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. Its purpose is to identify gifted children and provide them and their parents the resources for them to reach their full educational potential.
Duke TIP operates in sixteen states throughout the South and Midwest, specifically the states of Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, and Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Duke TIP was originally started in 1980 and operated in 13 states; Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska were added the following year.
Children are identified in fourth/fifth grade and/or in seventh grade. In the seventh grade search, students take the SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
or ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
. If a student does exceptionally well on these exams, he or she can receive state and even national recognition for his or her efforts. This usually entails a congratulatory letter, medals, and an invitation to attend an awards ceremony.
TIP also runs several summer and weekend residential programs for the students. TIP's Summer Studies Program consists of the Academy and Center for Summer Studies. These programs are offered for seventh through tenth graders, known as first to fourth years, respectively. College campuses currently hosting Academy for Summer Studies Programs include University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University is a comprehensive , public, coeducational university located in Boone, North Carolina, United States. Appalachian State, also referred to as Appalachian, App State, or simply App, is the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system...
, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
, University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, and Duke Marine Lab. The Center for Summer Studies Programs are located at Trinity University
Trinity University
Trinity University may refer to:* Trinity University , San Antonio, Texas, US* Trinity University of Asia, formerly known as Trinity College of Quezon City, Quezon City, Philippines* Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois, US...
, Davidson College, and Duke (East and West campuses). The Summer Studies program has two terms at each campus, except Duke Marine Lab, for Academy participants, and for people that wish to study under the Center program, both Duke campuses, Davidson, and Trinity are two terms. Duke Marine Lab is one term. Participants can choose from a variety of courses and focus on one area for three weeks of intense study.
The three-week Summer Studies program is an intensely social environment for most students. Often seen as more of a vacation or escape than a solely educational opportunity, the experience is usually linked to college life. The TIP schedule includes weekend dances and scheduled nightly recreation jokingly known among students as "mandatory fun"; thus, even outside of class, students are constantly occupied and social. Field trips, campus-wide events, sports events, and special events are common, and they are a lot of fun for students. The program has its own entire systems of lore and tradition, such as the Llama, "Toga Tuesday", "Swamp Fest", Cross-Dressing Day and a roll call dance. Because of the program's socially intense qualities, end-of-term goodbyes are extremely emotional, especially for departing fourth years.
Duke also hosts academic enrichment programs for older students, including the PreCollege Program at Duke's West campus, the Leadership and Great Debates Institutes at Duke's East Campus, and the International Affairs Institute at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
. In addition, there are a variety of two-week field study programs which take place across the country and around the world. In select cities, scholar weekends are held throughout the year.
The students that participate in the program have seven hours of class each weekday and three hours on Saturday.
See also
- Center for Talent Development, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
- Center for Talented YouthCenter for Talented YouthThe Center for Talented Youth is a gifted education program for school-age children, founded in 1979 by Dr. Julian Stanley at Johns Hopkins University. It was initially a research study of the rate at which gifted children can learn new material and became the first program of its kind to identify...
, Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States... - Rocky Mountain Talent SearchRocky Mountain Talent SearchThe Rocky Mountain Talent Search is a talent search program based at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado for students in the states of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming with high academic achievement...
, University of DenverUniversity of DenverThe University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....