Global Education Awareness and Research Undergraduate Program

霍华德大学（HU）的全球教育、意识和研究型本科项目（GEAR UP）致力于在世界各地建立和维持学生和教师的学术参与。这一代工程专业学生的全球教育对于应对工程挑战，使世界成为一个技术更先进、联系更紧密、可持续发展的居住地至关重要。国际教育协会（Institute for International Education）估计，只有4.7%的工程专业毕业生有过出国留学经历。对于非裔美国工程专业毕业生来说，这个数字甚至更小。这个项目解决了非洲裔美国工程专业学生为全球参与和领导做准备的挑战。HU将建立可持续的国际研究伙伴关系，为本科生提供海外研究机会，并为学生提供国际环境下的工程研究机会。该项目的两个总体目标是：1)建立可持续的国际研究伙伴关系，为本科生提供海外研究机会，让学生接触到国际环境下的工程研究，以增强工科学生在毕业时成为全球参与的领导者的准备；2)通过学术出版物，为在战略上为未被充分代表的少数民族进行全球参与做准备的知识体系做出贡献。该项目将加强胡大工程毕业生成为全球领导者的准备工作，并将成为其他院校的榜样。

Howard University's (HU) project entitled: Global Education, Awareness and Research Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP), is committed to establishing and sustaining student and faculty scholarly engagement throughout the world. The global education of this generation of engineering students is essential to meet the engineering challenges and make the world a more technologically advanced, connected and sustainable place to live. The Institute for International Education estimates that only 4.7% of engineering graduates have had a study abroad experience. For African American engineering graduates that number is even smaller.This project addresses the challenge of preparing African American engineering students for global engagement and leadership. HU will create sustainable international research partnerships that will provide undergraduate research opportunities abroad and student exposure to engineering research in an international setting. The two overarching goals for this project are to 1) create sustainable international research partnerships that will provide undergraduate research opportunities abroad and student exposure to engineering research in an international setting to enhance the preparedness of engineering students to be globally engaged leaders upon graduation and 2) to contribute to the body of knowledge on strategically preparing underrepresented minorities for global engagement through scholarly publications.This project will enhance the preparation of HU engineering graduates to be globally engaged leaders and will serve as a model for other institutions.