{"id":3202,"date":"2013-09-24T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T14:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:26:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6378\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/MLK-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/MLK-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/MLK-364x371.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/MLK-500x509.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/MLK.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Talent Development recruits and serves high school graduates from Rhode Island with college potential, most of whom come from under-performing schools and districts.<\/p>\n<p>Talent Development&#8217;s core values are grounded in the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/about\/leadership\/\">mission<\/a> of enriching students&#8217; lives through its land, sea, and urban grant traditions. This is reflected&nbsp;in our ongoing commitment to&nbsp;<strong>R<\/strong>espect,&nbsp;<strong>A<\/strong>cademic Excellence,<strong>&nbsp;M<\/strong>ental Health &amp; Wellness, and&nbsp;<strong>S<\/strong>cholar Success. We are invested in cultivating the intellectual, social, and cultural development of our Scholars. We inspire Scholars to discover, create, and innovate while fostering leadership and personal growth to build a foundation for persistence.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to read about the rich <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/history-of-talent-development\/\"> history<\/a> of Talent Development.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We strive to be a nationally recognized program committed to Scholar access and success by supporting Scholars to build a foundation for persistence.<\/p>\n<h3>Values<\/h3>\n<p>Respect<br \/>\nAcademic Excellence<br \/>\nMental Health and Wellness<br \/>\nScholar Success<\/p>\n<h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<h3>Access, Opportunity, Affordability, Completion<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5893 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1051\/TD-Compass-Logo-100.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Talent Development recruits and serves high school graduates from Rhode Island with college potential, most of whom come from under-performing schools and districts. Talent Development&#8217;s core values are grounded in the University\u2019s mission of enriching students&#8217; lives through its land, sea, and urban grant traditions. This is reflected&nbsp;in our ongoing commitment to&nbsp;Respect,&nbsp;Academic Excellence,&nbsp;Mental Health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4750,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4750"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3202"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6537,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3202\/revisions\/6537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/talentdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}