Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Foundations
1. Public Service, Power, and the Challenges Facing Millennials / Andrew Rich
2. The Goldwater Scholarship Program: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow / John Mateja
3. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation: Transforming Outstanding Undergraduates into Teachers of the Constitution / Claire McCaffery Griffin
4. Suspenders and a Belt: Overpreparation and the Overachiever / Tara Yglesias
II. Serving Students
5. Student Engagement: A Road to Travel More / Karna Walter
6. Scholarships as a Pathway to Government Service / Gihan Fernando
7. Advising Students on the Many Roads of Study Abroad / Richard Montauk
8. Bela Karolyi’s Handstand: The Whys and Hows of Letters of Endorsement / Doug Cutchins, David Schug, and Mary Denyer
III. Expanding Opportunity
9. Widening the Pool: Assessing Campus Diversity and Making Fellowship Recruitment More Inclusive / Jennifer Gerz-Escandón
10. Belonging, Impostor Phenomenon, and Advising Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds / Brandy Simula
11. “Thank Goodness for Gilman”: The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Balance of Resources for Merit- and Need-Based Scholarships / Barbara Stedman
IV. On the Profession
12. Writing Self-Efficacy in Postsecondary Fellowship Applicants: The Relationship between Two Types of Feedforward Treatments / Lauren Tuckley
13. Reflections on the Value of Being in the Room Where It Happens / Elizabeth Vardaman
Appendix A: Survey of the Profession 2017
Appendix B: The National Association of Fellowships Advisors Executive Board and Foundation Members
Index