This was a period of founding of societies to encourage scholarship in African American history.

The goal of the program is to encourage academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and independent scholarship.

Its stated purpose was to "advance interest in and encourage scholarship about biopolitics."

It encourages scholarship in issues surrounding English in Africa through regular conferences.

Hafsid rulers also encouraged art, literature, architecture and scholarship.

All such things encourage lazy scholarship and should be abolished.

"But more than anything, I want to encourage scholarship," he said.

He encouraged literacy and scholarship, including for women, and several of his daughters emerged as scholars and writers.

But he added that the purpose of a school is less to inspire awe than to encourage scholarship.

The society encourages research and scholarship as well as works to improve service delivery.