Universitys offering chess scholarships?
Michael Aigner
I know of three universities offering chess scholarships: UTDallas, UMBC,
and Rhode Island College (2 year). There may be more, but they don't
advertise much. Chess doesn't seem to be as big of an attraction for
colleges as one might think. It is still viewed as a "game" rather than a
sport.
Here at Stanford, chess is viewed as a "sport" by the administration,
partly thanks to the efforts of a certain Garry Kasparov, who spoke to
this in 1999 on campus. The problem here seems to be two-fold. First,
the administration is complaining about Title IX limitations, meaning we
need an equal number of male and female chess scholarships. We currently
have zero women playing at our club (which probably isn't that unusual).
The other problem we have is the lack of a strong voice among the faculty.
UTDallas (Tim Redman) and UMBC (Alan Sherman) are the strongest programs
in the country because of the very active role of their faculty advisors.
Students have neither the time, effort, nor standing to efficiently lobby
the administration for recognition and funding. Suffice it to say, the
Stanford chess club is officially just that: a club.
To answer your specific questions...
UTDallas: http://www.utdallas.edu/orgs/chess
UMBC: http://sta.umbc.edu/~chess/
I'm sort of surprised that there is no mention of the UTDallas scholarship
on the SuperNationals related links. UTDallas tends to offer these
scholarships under the stipulation that they are adequately advertised in
all publicity related to the event.
There is no specific college chess website for the USCF. This is
definitely a sore point and shows how rather little the USCF cares about
its college members. No wonder they are dropping like flies. Perhaps
there will be a website in the near future though.
Michael Aigner
Co-captain, Stanford University
Alternate Delegate, CA-N
College Chess Committee
> I am posting this email from Kelly Jacobs.
>
> Dear Joan Dubois,
> I was wondering if there is any place on your USCF web site that
> lists
> the Scholarships awarded by UTD, (or any other University at Super
> Nationals)
> or any chess Scholarship information at all?? If not on the USCF site is
> there another web site that lists this information? (UTD?? I couldn't
> find
> it.)
> I have reviewed the Press release for Super Nationals and the Super
> National Web Site, but amazingly there is no mention of the fabulous UTD
> Scholarships that I could find. If you could please let me know of a web
> site
> it would be very helpful to those of us who are trying to get information
> to
> University Scholarship decision makers about other Universities who offer
> CHESS Scholarships.
> Dr. Redman told me that Rose State College has offered a Scholarship
> for
> chess, but it appears that the University of Maryland does not (I called)
> .
> Are there any other Universities that offer Scholarships for chess
> players
> that you know of?
> If you have a web page about Scholarships I hope you will note that:
> the University of Mississippi has now officially agreed to provide two
> $500.00 Scholarships
> as prizes for my small summer Scholastic chess tournament Dexter Plays
> Chess in Mississippi! . One for the top Boy, and one for the top Girl, in
> the
> 7th-12th grade section. Additionally, they will consider offering these
> same
> Scholarships for our other Scholastic Chess (Championship) Tournaments
> which
> (unfortunately) are only about 2 or 3 other events per year in our State.
> (So
> really good chess players could keep adding onto an award!)
>
> Only 3 Universities offer Chess Scholarships in the entire USA???
> Is that it????
> Thank-you,
>
> Sincerely,
> Mrs. Kelly Jacobs
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>
> There is no specific college chess website for the USCF. This is
> definitely a sore point and shows how rather little the USCF cares about
> its college members. No wonder they are dropping like flies. Perhaps
> there will be a website in the near future though.
Over the past 5 years or so, USCF people who *claim* to be interested in
College Chess have repeatedly made the same tactical error: they have
concentrated on technical issues (how does on-line play work? where do
we find the computers? what server should we use?) and consistently
ignored organizational issues (how do we get colleges to care about
USCF, or chess? how can the USCF promote college chess?).
If College Chess is a priority, then *human* resources need to be
devoted to it. UTD and UBC have succeeded (in their goals) because
someone spent time and energy working on those goals.
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Kenneth Sloan sl...@uab.edu
Computer and Information Sciences (205) 934-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX (205) 934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/faculty/sloan/
Kevin L. Bachler
Michael Aigner <mai...@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>I know of three universities offering chess scholarships: UTDallas, UMBC,
>and Rhode Island College (2 year).
Shimer College began giving chess scholarships in the late 1980's. They
awarded scholarships to students who did well in the Illinois Denker Qualifier,
$2,000 "Morphy" scholarships to students who demonstrated academic proficiency
and some proficiency at chess, and "Master-In-Residence" scholarships --
full tuitiion to strong players who assisted in running the school chess
club. Players who took advantage of this included NM Noureddine Ziane, Scottish
Master Anthony Dempsey, and IM Jesse Kraai.
Though very small, Shimer, which uses a Great Books program advocated by
Robert Hutchins, has often been cited for academic excellence. Recent examples:
**Insight Magazine includes Shimer in "Top-15" list
Citing Shimer as one of a small number of "... excellent colleges that still
offer students a well-rounded education, where professors are committed to
teaching and traditional values are not suppressed" Shimer has joined Stephen
Goode's top 15 "Winning Colleges," a list that includes Calvin College, St.
John's College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Thomas
Aquinas College, Wheaton College, and The College of William and Mary.
Stephen Goode, who publishes this list annually, describes the common elements
of this group of schools as follows: "What puts each of these diverse schools
on the list is, first of all, a dedication to teaching: Insight believes
college should be as rich an experience as possible, and this happens only
when undergraduates come into regular contact with professors who are happy
to be teaching and do it well. Another factor that puts schools on Insight's
list is the quality of the campus. It's not that schools must be as rich
and handsome as the Ivy League's. But they should provide students some sense
of being in a special place at a special time in their lives. And they should
be places that offer a rich sense of continuity with the past." This is
the first year that Insight has included Shimer in its rankings.
http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200010030.shtml
** Shimer College is third in the nation in the percentage of students who
continue their education by earning doctorates.
The small liberal arts college near downtown Waukegan basked in the news
that it was ranked above the University of Chicago, Princeton and Yale universities
as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"We are very please with our position in this study," said Donald Moon, president
of the college. Shimer has an enrollment of 125 students and had almost 21
percent of its bachelor's degree recipients go on to earn a Ph.D.
"Our students tend to be individualistic, creative thinkers, questioners,"
Moon said. "They are highly motivated and curious. These men and women are
serious about education and committed to lifelong learning."
The study of doctorate rates was conducted by Professor Gary Glen Price of
the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is part of the department of curriculum
and instruction.
The study looked at data from the National Science Foundation CASPAR database
and counted students who graduated with a bachelor's degree between 1981
and 1990 and then counted the number of students who had gone on to get doctorates
between 1986 and 1995.
The only schools that ranked above Shimer were California Institute of Technology
and Harvey Mudd College in California, both engineering schools. Shimer College
is the only one of the three in the country which teaches with a curriculum
based on original source materials, often called the Great Books.
http://www.shimer.edu/shimer_phd.html
Hope this helps
Kevin L. Bachler
Caveman
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li...@ork.net
> Michael Aigner <mai...@stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>>I know of three universities offering chess scholarships: UTDallas, UMBC,
>>and Rhode Island College (2 year).
> Shimer College began giving chess scholarships in the late 1980's. They
> awarded scholarships to students who did well in the Illinois Denker Qualifier,
> $2,000 "Morphy" scholarships to students who demonstrated academic proficiency
> and some proficiency at chess, and "Master-In-Residence" scholarships --
> full tuitiion to strong players who assisted in running the school chess
> club. Players who took advantage of this included NM Noureddine Ziane, Scottish
> Master Anthony Dempsey, and IM Jesse Kraai.
And that's why kids don't care about getting a high USCF rating, but are
just copacetic at getting a higher local rating than the kid across town.
Ow, wait. I misquoted you. You and Tom never maintained that the kids
don't really care about high USCF ratings and care only about local
ratings.
I wonder why I always keep putting words in your mouth, just like the rest
of the whole world does.
Silly me.
Kevin L. Bachler
li...@ork.net wrote:
>Kevin L. Bachler <cavema...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>> Michael Aigner <mai...@stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>I know of three universities offering chess scholarships: UTDallas, UMBC,
>>>and Rhode Island College (2 year).
>
>> Shimer College began giving chess scholarships in the late 1980's. They
>> awarded scholarships to students who did well in the Illinois Denker Qualifier,
>> $2,000 "Morphy" scholarships to students who demonstrated academic proficiency
>> and some proficiency at chess, and "Master-In-Residence" scholarships
--
>> full tuitiion to strong players who assisted in running the school chess
>> club. Players who took advantage of this included NM Noureddine Ziane,
Scottish
>> Master Anthony Dempsey, and IM Jesse Kraai.
>
>And that's why kids don't care about getting a high USCF rating, but are
>just copacetic at getting a higher local rating than the kid across town.
Well, guess I don't see the connection here, since ratings per se had nothing
to do with either program.
>Ow, wait. I misquoted you.
Yes. You did.
> You and Tom never maintained that the kids
>don't really care about high USCF ratings and care only about local
>ratings.
Which also has nothing to do with the above -- since we were referring to
kids -- those under the age of 14-- scholastic members.
>I wonder why I always keep putting words in your mouth, just like the rest
>of the whole world does.
I never claimed the whole world did. Oops, there you go, doing it again.
>Silly me.
Gee, that's one thing right in this post. You're raising your average.
Bill Smythe
"Universities" is spelled correctly?
By the way, "wel" in the title of this thread is the opposite of "sic".
Bill Smythe
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>Over the past 5 years or so, USCF people who *claim* to be interested in
>College Chess have repeatedly made the same tactical error: they have
>concentrated on technical issues (how does on-line play work? where do
>we find the computers? what server should we use?) and consistently
>ignored organizational issues (how do we get colleges to care about
>USCF, or chess? how can the USCF promote college chess?).
UCSF and FIDE should write everything in Ukrainian.
It's spelled phonetically.
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Monica Lewinsky for NYC Public Advocate