Looking at our students and their outstanding accomplishments, as well as our teachers and the joy they derive from working with students who love to learn, we know these are “the best of times.” Seeing in ATDP so diverse a group of young people, who otherwise are unlikely to have met, learning together and forming fast, enduring friendships gives further evidence that these times are very good indeed.
To make a tax-deductible contribution to ATDP, write a check payable to “UC Regents”. Send to:
UC Berkeley ATDP
Graduate School of Education
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
Or make your gift online at givetocal.berkeley.edu
Please ensure that your gift is designated for:
Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP)
for the School of Education (FU0964000)
Ironically, ATDP is in danger of becoming seriously hampered by its success. As you may already know, from the beginning ATDP has been self-sustaining—including meeting the full financial aid cost internally. Because we are an integral part of the Graduate School of Education and its work, we have access to wonderful campus resources—many of which are shared gladly with us at no cost by generous departments and faculty. Still, the bottom line is that all of our expenses must be met by tuition income—and tuition income is no longer sufficient to cover financial aid expenses. Financially, this makes the times most challenging (I don’t want to say “the worst of times”).
Our students come from homes across the range of family resources, including levels below the national poverty line, which for the Bay Area is very low indeed. In previous times about 10% of our students received financial aid. As ATDP has become more economically diverse, the need for financial aid has grown greatly, increasing each year over the past decade. With the current economic downturn, we have additional groups of people now in need. This year, the demand for financial aid exceeded our highest estimates and has more than doubled the demands of a decade ago.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous donations made
by the following wonderful friends of ATDP:
Jacqueline Ancess
Adriana Armatos
Beryl Banfield
Lois A Braun
Mei K Chen
Yi-Tso Jeff Chen
Robert Fried
Gary Fenstermacher
Dena Diane Griffin
Dorothy Hefner
Carol S Husted
Joseph S Husted
Robert D Machatka
Cathy McGowan
Tom McGowan
Kelly Mogilefsky
Joyce Elizabeth Ng
Michael J Passow
Shirley S Passow
Virginia Richardson
Elaine La Monica Rigolosi
Frances R Tillson
John B Tillson