Exploratory Project: Graduating ENgineers In the U.S. (GENIUS) Summer Program

这项探索性的努力将通过实施GENIUS暑期项目来解决增加准备进入工程和计算机科学大学课程的非裔美国高中毕业生数量的挑战。这个为期一个月的夏令营的目标是位于华盛顿市区的高中初中生。该项目将为学生在大学STEM项目中的学业成功做好准备，并为学生及其家人提供有关大学申请过程的额外见解。GENIUS计划将解决影响学生申请、入学和毕业认可STEM项目的两个关键问题。在多大程度上，创新和新兴的技术创业理念能激励学生拥抱工程？接触大学人员和文化对学生的影响有多大？对上大学的看法？随着美国人口变得更加多样化，少数族裔人口将成为技术劳动力中越来越大的一部分，招聘和留用率必须提高。美国社会不断变化的人口结构使得为即将毕业的非裔美国工程师制定有效的战略势在必行，这一群体在数学和科学方面的表现传统上落后于国内和国际同行。“天才计划”（GENIUS Program）旨在解决这一问题，它针对的是那些以非洲裔美国人为主、毕业率低、标准化考试成绩低于平均水平的高中三年级学生。该计划将整合现有的大学服务和大学战略合作伙伴关系以提供支持。

This exploratory effort will address the challenge of increasing the number of African-American high school graduates prepared to matriculate in engineering and computer science university programs, by implementing the GENIUS Summer program. The month-long summer camp targets rising juniors in high schools located in the DC metropolitan area. The program will prepare students for academic success in university-based STEM programs and provide students and their families with additional insight on the college application process. The GENIUS program will address two critical inquiries that impact the rate of students applying to, matriculating in, and graduating from accredited STEM programs. To what extent can innovative and emerging ideas in technical entrepreneurship motivate students to embrace engineering? To what extent does exposure to university personnel and culture impact students? views of attending college? As the US population becomes more diverse, the minority population will become an increasing segment of the technology workforce and recruitment and retention rates must be improved.The changing demographics of the American society make it imperative to develop effective strategies for graduating African-American engineers, a group that traditionally underperforms its national and international peers in math and science. The GENIUS Program addresses this issue by developing a program targeting rising high school juniors at schools that are predominately African-American and struggle with low graduation rates and lower than average performance on standardized exams. The program will marshal existing university services and strategic University partnerships for support.