A Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities for the Greater Philadelphia Region

大费城地区少数民族综合区域中心

• 批准号: 8954064
• 负责人: Stephen Cox
• 金额: $ 308.4万
• 依托单位: PATHS/PRISM
• 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: 1989-09-01 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8954064&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Comprehensive; Regional; Center; Minorities; Greater

PATHS/PRISM is a program of The Philadelphia Partnership for Education, representing colleges and universities, foundations, and corporations in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia. The acronym PATHS stands for the Philadelphia Alliance for Teaching Humanities in the Schools; PRISM stands for the Philadelphia Renaissance in Science and Mathematics. This project, submitted by PRISM as a representative of the Greater Philadelphia Regional Consortium, involves a cooperative effort among the following institutions and organizations: four metropolitan school districts; thirteen universities, colleges and community colleges; museums; corporations; and minority community organizations. Leading higher education partners in the Consortium include Lincoln, Temple, and Drexel Universities, and the University of Pennsylvania. It consists of a set of coordinated activities, targeted throughout Metropolitan Philadelphia, designed to significantly increase the representation of minorities in careers in science, engineering and technology. The formal consortium, already in existence, was established to further these efforts. Figures on minority enrollments in the colleges and universities in the Consortium show Lincoln University (1,245, 90%), the Community College of Philadelphia (6.642, 45%) and Temple University (4,898, 16%). Minority enrollment in the School District of Philadelphia is 141,351 (73%). The central programmatic strategy of the Center is to focus on the introduction to and retention of minority students in the science, mathematics and engineering pipeline from the first grade through the undergraduate years. This is being accomplished through the integration of three principal components: Precollege professional development programs in science and mathematics for teachers; Precollege student programs; and College level programs. Under the precollege rubric, the first category includes five programs which will be implemented with a focus on teachers, counselors and parents: The Elementary and Middle School Project (teachers); The Secondary School Project (teachers); The Mathematics Project (elementary and middle school teachers); The Teacher/Private Sector Project; and, Counselor & Parent Programs. The second category of precollege activities, designed for students (Grades 9-12), includes a set of projects originally developed and implemented by PRIME (Philadelphia Regional Introduction of Minorities to Engineering) which are being expanded with Center support. Other similar summer programs for students are being supported at colleges and universities in the region. At the college level, research experiences, internships, scholarship support, mentoring, tutoring and minority student support groups, and career awareness are being implemented. This project is an excellent example of a Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities. It is targeted at a minority population of substantial size , and it is comprehensive in terms of attention to the various educational levels and age groups, in disciplinary coverage, in coordination and cooperation among school systems, colleges and universities and community organizations, and in its focus on nurturing, encouraging and motivating minority students. Significant additional financial support is being contributed to the project by the participating organizations and groups.

Paths/Prism是费城教育合作伙伴关系的计划，代表高校，基金会和公司与费城学区合作。首字母缩写路径代表了费城联盟在学校教授人文学科；棱镜代表了费城科学和数学文艺复兴时期。该项目由Prism作为大费城地区财团的代表提交，涉及以下机构和组织之间的合作努力：四个大都市学区；十三所大学，学院和社区学院； 博物馆；公司；和少数民族社区组织。该财团领先的高等教育伙伴包括林肯，庙宇和德雷克塞尔大学以及宾夕法尼亚大学。它由一套针对整个大都会费城大都市的协调活动组成，旨在显着提高少数民族在科学，工程和技术方面的职业。已经建立了已经存在的正式财团来进一步努力。 财团的大学和大学少数群体入学率的数据显示，林肯大学（1,245，90％），费城社区学院（6.642，45％）和坦普尔大学（4,898，16％）。费城学区的少数群体入学率为141,351（73％）。 该中心的中心计划策略是关注从一年级到本科生的科学，数学和工程管道中少数族裔学生的介绍和保留。这是通过整合三个主要组成部分来实现的：教师的科学和数学专业发展计划； 预科学生计划；和大学级课程。 在预科专栏的情况下，第一类包括五个计划，这些程序将以教师，辅导员和父母为重点：小学和中学项目（教师）；中学项目（教师）；数学项目（小学和中学教师）；教师/私营部门项目；以及辅导员和父母计划。 第二类专为学生设计的预科活动（9 - 12年级）包括一组最初由Prime（费城地区介绍少数族裔工程介绍）开发和实施的项目，这些项目正在通过中心支持进行扩展。该地区的大学和大学也为学生提供了其他类似的夏季课程。 在大学一级，正在实施研究经验，实习，奖学金支持，指导，辅导和少数学生支持小组以及职业意识。 该项目是少数民族综合区域中心的一个很好的例子。它针对的是少数人口，并且在关注各个教育水平和年龄段的关注方面，在纪律范围内，在学校系统，学院，大学和社区组织之间的协调和合作以及关注培养，鼓励和激励少数学生的关注方面，它是全面的。 参与组织和团体正在为该项目提供大量额外的财政支持。