“Academic talent and ability should never be constrained by family resources or personal situations. It is vital that we make opportunities available to deserving children.”
-Dorothy Lawshe
Founding Director, Gifted and Talented Education, Michigan State University

“Academic talent and ability should never be constrained by family resources or personal situations. It is vital that we make opportunities available to deserving children.”
-Dorothy Lawshe
Founding Director, Gifted and Talented Education, Michigan State University

Students with exceptionally high ability need challenging coursework at a younger age than most schools are able to provide. Students of this ability often seek out and thrive on academic challenges, welcoming the opportunity to hone their skills and increase their knowledge just as students with athletic talents enjoy improving their skills.

While sports camps are ubiquitous, academically challenging programs are harder to find. It is the mission of the GATE office to provide academic programs in a wide variety of fields to students in elementary school through high school. In order to serve students outside the Greater Lansing Area these programs need to provide a residential component and/or distance learning options, both of which cost more to develop and operate.

In addition to the mission of developing high-quality, challenging academic programs for various grade levels and talent areas, it is important that the GATE office ensures that these opportunities are available to all deserving children, regardless of their family resources or personal situations. Resources are needed both to expand program opportunities and to provide all deserving students access to these opportunities.

Programs offered by the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) at Michigan State University provide the level of challenge and enrichment that highly motivated, gifted students deserve and require. In settings where their peers are as compelled to learn as they are, students engage in cooperative learning under the guidance of superb instructors. The broad selection of GATE programs gives talented students many learning options.

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