Citizens Thinkers Writers

Citizens Thinkers Writers is a tuition-free two-week summer residential program and year-long fellowship program at Yale University for students from New Haven public schools who are interested in exploring fundamental human questions in a college setting. In small discussion seminars led by professors, students will gain invaluable experience in close reading, analytic writing, and college-level discussion. They will see themselves as active participants in a long-running philosophical conversation that dates back to ancient Greece and Rome, and will link this conversation to their own experiences as citizens of twenty-first-century New Haven.

• Experience life on a college campus 
• Join a small community of intellectually ambitious students
• Explore great books and the questions they raise
• Receive mentorship and support in the fall with the college application process from Yale undergraduates
• Learn from local field trips and guest speakers
• Eligible participants will receive a $500 stipend