Office of the Provost
Dr. Jeffrey Togman
Associate Provost for Academic Administration
973-761-9018
togmanje@shu.edu

THE MINORITY ACADEMIC CAREERS PROGRAM FELLOWSHIPS
The Minority Academic Careers Program (MAC), created by the State of New Jersey in 1985, provides financial and programmatic assistance to economically disadvantaged New Jersey resident doctoral candidates and undergraduates who are interested in pursuing academic careers.  The MAC program is comprised of Undergraduate Fellowships, Doctoral Fellowships and Dissertation Fellowships.  Since the inception of the MAC Program, it has offered financial and programmatic support to over 400 doctoral and undergraduate students and faculty across the state.  The MAC Program is overseen by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and is administered by the College of Saint Elizabeth.

The MAC Undergraduate Fellowship Program
The MAC-Undergraduate Program is a statewide initiative to encourage academically talented undergraduates to consider college teaching as a profession.  It is considered a pipeline to the doctoral fellowship program, and all MAC undergraduate fellows will be given priority consideration for doctoral fellowships if they attend doctoral programs in New Jersey. Undergraduate fellows are selected in the fall of their junior year.  They begin their Fellowship in the spring term of their junior year and continue through the two semesters of their senior year. MAC-UG Fellows receive a $2,000.00 stipend during their senior year, and up to $500.00 in travel expenses to attend professional conferences.  They work with a faculty mentor who receives a $1000.00 stipend.  To be eligible for the fellowship applicants must be New Jersey residents who meet the criteria for economic disadvantagement, juniors in college, enrolled full-time in a college or university in New Jersey, have a GPA of at least 3.0, and be interested in a college teaching career.

The MAC Doctoral Level Fellowships 
The MAC Program offers two types of support on the doctoral level.  The MAC Doctoral Fellowship supports students during three years of course work and the MAC Dissertation Fellowships are for one year.  Fellowships up to $17,000.00 a year, plus $1,000.00 a year for mentoring support and $2,000.00 a year for the fellow and mentor to attend a national conference or to pursue other related professional development activities.  MAC doctoral level fellows who receive all four years of doctoral level support may receive up to $80,000.00 in the various types of fellowship support.  Additionally, the MAC Program pays $3,000.00 for doctoral fellows to join the Compact for Faculty Diversity and attend the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.  Doctoral and Dissertation Fellowship recipients are nominated by doctoral institutions in New Jersey who agree to provide additional financial, mentoring and academic support services to the fellows.