The Duke University Talent Identification Program (commonly referred to as "Duke TIP") was a gifted education program based at Duke University . Founded in 1980 as one of the first pre-collegiate studies programs offered by an American university, the program aimed to identify gifted students in grades four through twelve and provide advanced educational opportunities, as well as social and emotional support. The Duke TIP program permanently ended in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic .
9-500: Duke TIP was founded in 1980 by a grant from the Duke Endowment . At the time, the goal of the program was to identify and provide educational opportunities to help the children reach their full educational potential. The program initially focused on seventh graders, and later expanded to grades four through twelve, allowing the program full reach of middle and high school students. Due to COVID pandemic disruptions, in 2020 and 2021
18-502: The SAT or ACT . The Duke Endowment The Duke Endowment is a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke . It supports selected programs of higher education, health care, children's welfare, and spiritual life in North Carolina and South Carolina . The foundation provided funding to build, expand and upgrade hospitals across
27-553: The Carolinas in the early 20th century, focusing in particular on hospitals serving rural and Black residents. A 2024 study in the American Economic Review found that this funding significantly improved the medical sector, improved physician quality and fostered medical innovation, in addition to reducing infant mortality and long-run mortality. James B. Duke endowed the foundation on December 11, 1924, with $ 40 million. In
36-643: The Indenture of Trust, Duke specified that he wanted the endowment to support Duke University , Davidson College , Furman University , Johnson C. Smith University ; non-profit hospitals and children's homes in the two Carolinas; and rural United Methodist churches in North Carolina, retired pastors, and their surviving families. When Mr. Duke died in 1925, he left the endowment an additional $ 67 million. Adjusted for present value, Mr. Duke's total gifts would amount to more than $ 1.3 billion today. The market value of
45-573: The endowment's assets has grown to $ 3.69 billion in 2017. From 1924 to 2018, the endowment awarded over $ 3.7 billion in grants. The Duke Endowment is a co-publisher, along with the North Carolina Institute of Medicine , of the North Carolina Medical Journal , a journal of health policy analysis and debate. The endowment was established by a trust indenture that specifies how the funds were to be used. First, $ 6 million
54-662: The main university campus in Durham , North Carolina or at the Duke Marine Laboratory in Beaufort , North Carolina . Programs were also offered at: TIP offered a variety of programs. There were two talent searches—the 4th–6th Grade Talent Search and the 7th Grade Talent Search—that provided above-grade-level testing, enrichment activities, specialized publications, and other benefits. There were also in-person and online educational programs available, taking place both during and off
63-710: The programs were unable to run. As a result the TIP Summer Studies program and the Academic Talent Search were permanently cancelled. Beginning in 2022, all pre-college students were directed to Duke's Continuing Studies program. Across its 40 years of operation, the program benefited over 3 million students, with over 100,000 students applying to the program each year. Following the program's inception in 1980, Duke University added additional programming locations. Within Duke University, students could attend at
72-415: The school year, including: In most cases, eligibility for TIP's talent searches were determined by grade-level test scores. Students had to score at or above the 95th percentile on national standardized achievement, abilities tests, or state assessments, or 125+ on an IQ test. Some of TIP's educational programs had additional score requirements. Summer Studies and eStudies both required qualifying scores on
81-516: Was to be used to either found a Duke University or to enhance Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina, if that school changed its name to Duke University within three months. The remaining funds were to be invested (primarily in Duke Power Company stock). Of the income generated annually by these funds, 20% were to be reinvested, each trustee was to receive 0.2%, and the rest was to be paid out in
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