Miami University of Ohio (Miami)

Although it is a doctoral degree granting institution, Miami as an institution has a history of emphasis on undergraduate education, is known for its “learning community” initiatives, and has regularly hosted a Lily Conference to advance college teaching. Its graduate department of psychology faculty share in undergraduate and graduate education responsibilities and represent the diversity of psychology as a scientific discipline and profession, thus preparing their modest number of doctoral students for a range of career options.

Miami’s partner institutions for PFF included: Miami University Branch Campuses at Hamilton and Middletown, Northern Kentucky University, College of Mount Saint Joseph, and Earlham College, public and private institutions at which undergraduate education is the major institutional focus and teaching is the major role of faculty.

No other Preparing Future Faculty program, campus-wide or discipline-based, existed at Miami when the grant was awarded to psychology. At that time, the PFF cluster team leader for Miami held the rank of Associate Professor of Psychology.

The University of Colorado at Boulder (Colorado)

As a Research institution, Colorado enjoys depth and breadth of research faculty in the graduate department of psychology. Its faculty and enrolled graduate students also reflect the diversity of scientific and professional areas of psychology, although major emphasis even in the professional areas of psychology remains on research. While the undergraduate enrollment is substantial, the graduate department faculty emphasis is primarily on research and the preparation of graduate students for research careers.

Colorado’s partner institutions for PFF included: Colorado College, Yale University, and Connecticut College. In other words, there were two clusters coordinated through this PFF program, each having a distinguished Research I institution partnered with a geographically proximal selective Liberal Arts college. Each year of the grant, in addition, faculty and graduate student representatives of the two regional clusters met together on PFF issues for a weekend conference.

Other discipline-based PFF programs existed or were being initiated at Colorado at the time this grant was awarded to psychology. At that time, the PFF cluster team leader for Colorado was an untenured Assistant Professor of Psychology (as was the cluster leader’s counterpart at Yale University).

The University of Georgia (Georgia)

Being a Research institution, Georgia also has depth and breadth of research faculty, distributed across three graduate departments of psychology (one in the College of Arts and Sciences and the other two in the College of Education). An innovative feature of this PFF program is that it was organized to include faculty and students of the three graduate departments of psychology. Another distinguishing characteristic is that, of the four universities having psychology PFF programs, a greater proportion of the Georgia graduate students are in professional practice areas of the discipline.

Georgia’s partner institutions for PFF included: North Georgia College and State University, Kennesaw State University, Morehouse College, and Morehouse School of Medicine. The combination of undergraduate, master’s, and professional education missions are illustrated in the Georgia partner institutions.

No other PFF program, campus-wide or discipline-based, existed at Georgia when this grant was awarded to psychology. At that time, the PFF cluster team leader for Georgia held the rank of Associate Professor of Psychology.

The University of New Hampshire (UNH)

As a doctoral degree granting institution, UNH also places significant emphasis on undergraduate education as well as on the research of its graduate faculty. Thus, similar to Miami, its graduate department of psychology faculty share balanced responsibility for undergraduate and graduate students. Differing from the other three graduate departments of psychology offering PFF programs, UNH has no graduate program in professional areas of psychology. Moreover, it is the only graduate department among all graduate departments of psychology nationally for which the primary mission of the department is to prepare graduate students for the professoriate and college teaching.

The UNH partner institutions for PFF included: UNH Manchester, Howard University, Dartmouth College, Saint Anselm College, Keene State College, and the New Hampshire Community Technical College System.