The landscape of academic talent searches changed in 2020-2021 with the closure of the Duke Talent Identification Program and the Western Academic Talent Search at the Center for Bright Kids. In response, Susan Assouline (Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa) and Julia Link Roberts (The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University) began collaborating to create a consortium of university center’s focused on providing talent search opportunities to gifted students. This page will highlight the work of these talent search organizations and share resources related to above-level testing.

Members of the Talent Search Consortium include:

• Belin-Blank Center, University of Iowa 

• Center for Gifted Education, William & Mary 

• Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, Baylor University 

• Center for Gifted Studies, Western Kentucky University 

• Center for Talent Development, Northwestern University 

• Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University 

• Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education, University of Arkansas Little Rock 

• Academically/Intellectually Gifted Program, University of North Carolina, Charlotte