Grow Your Own
The purpose of the Grow Your Own program is to provide support to African American graduate students, faculty, and administrators at Jacksonville State University (JSU), Jacksonville, Alabama, for the completion of doctoral education programs that prepare them for teaching or administration at JSU, especially in areas underserved by people of color.
Doctoral scholars must have earned a bachelors or masters degree from a regionally accredited college or university with at least one degree from Jacksonville State University. They are required to be accepted into or enrolled in a doctoral program in the State of Alabama. However, scholars desiring to earn the doctorate outside the state will be supported only at the in state tuition rate.
Doctoral scholars are encouraged to seek a doctorate in fields with the least minority representation (business, mathematics, science, health or health related fields, history, English and math or science education). The Grow Your Own Program is designed to support doctoral education for individuals who will return to JSU to teach or hold administrative positions, rather than professional degrees such as M.D., D.B.A., D.D.S., J. D., or D.V.M., that prepare for practice.
Annually in June, evidence of satisfactory academic progress will be required of each scholar. Doctoral scholars must successfully complete all coursework within three years, followed by one year of university supported dissertation research. They will be asked to sign a contract agreeing to work for three consecutive years at JSU and serve as a JSU employee during the dissertation year.
All records pertaining to this program will be kept on file in the Office of the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, 235 Bibb Graves Hall.
Any change to the above criteria must be approved by the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs.
Application for Grow Your Own