Great Lake State Weekend October 17-19 2024! Learn more
Submit a word for the 2025 Banished Words List! Click here
Curious about the construction on Meridian Street? Click to learn more
The Martin Luther King, Jr. • César Chávez • Rosa Parks Visiting Professors Program was created by the Michigan State Legislature in 1986 as part of the larger KCP Initiative, designed to stem the downward spiral of college graduation rates for students underrepresented in postsecondary education. The purpose of the VP Program is to increase the number of instructors in the classroom to provide role models for academically or economically disadvantaged students.
Preference may not be given to visiting faculty on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Universities should encourage applications from instructors who would otherwise not be adequately represented in the faculty. Visiting Professors should be selected for their ability to contribute a unique perspective that lends itself to helping the target audience become active participants in a knowledge-based global economy.
General Provisions
Visiting Professor Program information
LSSU acknowledges the generous support of the State of Michigan Department of Talent and Economic Development, Workforce Development – Talent Investment Agency’s KCP Initiative https://www.michigan.gov
The Visiting Professor Program requires that 100% of State KCP funds be matched by institutional funds.
Michigan Proposal 06-02 – The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), or Proposal 2 (Michigan 06-2), was a ballot initiative in the U.S. state of Michigan that passed into Michigan Constitutional law by a 58% to 42% margin on November 7, 2006, according to results officially certified by the Michigan Secretary of State. By Michigan law, the Proposal became law on December 22, 2006. MCRI was a citizen initiative aimed at stopping discrimination based on race, color, sex, or religion in admission to colleges, jobs, and other publicly funded institutions – effectively prohibiting affirmative action by public institutions based on those factors.[1]
For more information, please contact Erica Newland in the Office of Sponsored Programs at [email protected] or (906) 635-2272.