College of Engineering Center for Under-Represented Engineering Students

工程学院弱势工程学生中心

• 批准号: 8855077
• 负责人: H. Frank Morrison
• 金额: $ 31.09万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-02-15 至 1991-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8855077&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: College; Engineering; Center; Under; Represented

This program is for a summer and academic year Young Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley and various middle and junior high school sites. The program will serve 120 students entering grades eight, nine or ten. Program participants will be 90 percent Black, Hispanic, Native American or Puerto Rican, and will be selected through written applications and staff interviews. Young Scholars Program will introduce students to engineering and science concepts in ways that will demonstrate to them how academic course work relates to the future, how science and engineering relate to the world around them, and how the practice of science is accomplished. The program will also involve parents by helping them to become informed and activity involved in the education of their children. The summer program includes morning mathematics and English courses, seminars on culture and ethics, afternoon pre-engineering activities (speakers, fieldtrips, and projects) and a "shadowing" program, whereby students will work on the job with mentor scientists and engineers. Evening and Saturday workshops will provide parents and students with information on a variety of topics, including college entrance requirements, financial aid, making the transition from middle school to secondary school, and career options in science and engineering.

该项目是针对加州大学伯克利分校和各初中学校的夏季和学年青年学者项目。该项目将为120名进入八年级、九年级或十年级的学生提供服务。项目参与者将有90%是黑人、西班牙裔、美洲原住民或波多黎各人，并将通过书面申请和工作人员面试进行选择。青年学者计划将向学生介绍工程和科学概念，向他们展示学术课程如何与未来联系起来，科学和工程如何与周围的世界联系起来，以及如何完成科学实践。该项目还将让家长参与进来，帮助他们了解情况，参与到孩子的教育中来。夏季课程包括上午的数学和英语课程，文化和道德研讨会，下午的工程前活动（演讲，实地考察和项目）以及“影子”计划，学生将与导师科学家和工程师一起工作。晚上和周六的研讨会将为家长和学生提供各种主题的信息，包括大学入学要求，经济援助，从初中到中学的过渡，以及科学和工程方面的职业选择。