Opportunity: Fellowships

The ZOOM Foundation announces the 2013 ZOOM Public Policy Fellowship in Connecticut and is currently seeking applicants.  Exceptional emerging leaders from across the nation will be selected and placed in public offices including the Office of Governor Dannel P. Malloy.  Fellows will have the opportunity and support to further develop leadership skills while working on high-level policy projects in Connecticut. For more information on the program, please visit http://www.zoomfoundation.org/default.asp?P=901663
Applications are due April 19, 2013 and the Fellowship begins July 1, 2013.

Applications are being invited from emerging scholars—graduate students, new PhDs, and postdoctoral fellows—for the Edmund W. Gordon MacArthur Foundation/ETS Fellowship For 21st Century Learning and Assessment. Fellows will attend two workshop/mentoring meetings a year, engage in collaborative research with each other, and will be mentored at the meetings and in between the meetings by James Paul Gee (project director) and senior researchers in the area of assessment and learning. Applicants must be committed to research on assessment and learning from an interdisciplinary perspective. Applicants must be concerned with the impact of new technologies, recent advances in the Learning Sciences, and the broader impact of assessment and learning on society in the 21st Century. Applicants should have a background in an area relevant to assessment or learning and be as concerned with what we measure and why we measure it as with how we measure it. Fellows will receive funding for travel, lodging, and collaborative research with other fellows. Those interested in applying should send a 2-3 page statement about their background, research interests, and desired career trajectory, a CV, a writing sample, and a letter of reference from an advisor or colleague with whom one works closely. These materials should be emailed to james.gee@asu.edu.