Planning Grant: Exciting Girls, Minorities, and Rural Youth about Engineering through 4-H

这项计划拨款将使俄亥俄州立大学能够通过设计一门工程课程，通过4-H系统传播，解决美国专业工程师短缺的问题。规划活动包括设立一个全国咨询委员会，通过重点小组征求目标对象的投入，以及制定课程及其内容计划，以满足青年妇女和服务不足群体的需要。样品装置的试点测试将在俄亥俄州、路易斯安那州和印第安纳州进行。还将制订一项征聘计划，以协助在全国传播。

This Planning Grant will enable the Ohio State University to address the shortage of professional engineers in the United States by designing an engineering curriculum for dissemination through the 4-H system. Planning activities include the establishment of a nationwide advisory committee, solicitation of input from the target audience via focus groups and the development of a plan for the curriculum and its content, designed to address the needs of young women and underserved groups. Pilot testing of sample units will occur in Ohio, Louisiana and Indiana. A recruitment plan will also be developed to aide with national dissemination.