About our past
In April 1987, the Bloomington Faculty Council approved the establishment of the Minority Achievers Program (MAP), with the first students enrolling in the fall of 1988. The idea of implementing MAP arose from the need for stronger recruitment efforts targeting qualified students from underrepresented groups by Indiana University. Designed to help enrich Indiana’s intellectual, creative, and leadership pool, MAP conducts a nationwide search for the most capable students from these communities. The program also responds to the issue of talented students leaving Indiana to attend universities outside the state.
In 1993, the Mathematics and Science Scholarship (MASS) Program was added to the MAP to attract talented students from underrepresented groups who wanted to major in mathematics and the natural sciences.
During the fall of 2004, the Minority Achievers Program (MAP) and the Mathematics and Science Scholarship (MASS) were renamed the Herman C. Hudson and James P. Holland Scholars Program in recognition of the numerous contributions of Dr. Herman C. Hudson and Dr. James P. Holland to the campus of Indiana University Bloomington.