Application
The Presidential Academy was a project of the Ashbrook Center from 2006-2011. No future academies are planned at this time.
Teachers participating in the Presidential Academy spent five days in Philadelphia, six days in Gettysburg, and seven days in Washington, DC, studying the American Revolution and Founding, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights movement, respectively. The Academy was a rigorous, eighteen-day, graduate-level program beginning at 9:00 am each morning and concluding at as late as 10:00 pm in the evening. The Academy went on two five-hour battlefield tours that were mostly walking tours as well as walking to other sites.
Sixty teachers, one from each state, the District of Columbia, an American territory, and eight others selected from the nation as a whole, were selected to participate in the Presidential Academy. Teachers selected were a combination of new and veteran, middle and high school, and American history and civics teachers.
With the exception of travel to and from the Academy, the Presidential Academy was available at no cost to the teachers. Participating teachers received a $1,500 stipend to cover the cost of travel. Participants were also eligible to obtain four graduate credits from Ashland University's Master of American History and Government degree program.
Graduate Credit: Teachers could choose to receive four hours of Master's degree credit from Ashland University. This credit can be used toward the Master of American History and Government offered by Ashland University or may be transfered to another institution.
