Grant Projects at Macalester

Bush Faculty Development Program on Race and Diversity

Hewlett Liberal Arts
The Hewlett Liberal Arts Grant, administered through the Center for Scholarship and Teaching, seeks to help the college fulfill, in a more deliberate, integrated, and effective manner, its objectives for student learning and development set forth in our mission statement and Statement of Purpose and Belief.

Hewlett Pluralism and Unity
In this second year of a two-year pilot program, thirty first-year students will be supported each year in building competencies that enable them to communicate effectively and forge relationships with others whose racial and ethnic backgrounds are different from their own. It will also prepare these students to provide leadership in cross-cultural relations on campus.

Lilly Project for Work, Ethics and Vocation (2001-2004)
The Lilly Project for Work, Ethics and Vocation is designed to explore how moral, ethical and religious concerns have shaped our personal, national, and global understandings of our working lives. The Project grows out of the Lilly Endowment's invitation to Macalester College to participate in an initiative to foster religious leadership for the 21st century by exploring the concept of vocation.

Mellon Faculty Life Cycles
The Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant, shared between Carleton and Macalester Colleges, supports faculty by tailoring programs to enhance the lives of faculty at different career stages. For specific examples of programs and opportunities, please visit the Center for Scholarship and Teaching web site.

Project Pericles

Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
The Quantitative Methods for Public Policy initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the National Science Foundation, is an interdisciplinary program for Quantitative Literacy that focuses on the use of quantitative methods in determining public policy. This grant is administered through the Center for Scholarship and Teaching.