A Regional Center to Improve Minority Access to Education and Careers in Science, Engineering and Mathematics in the Greater Philadelphia Region

这一原型项目包括从初中到学士学位加强少数民族教育的几项活动。它是费城地区许多学院和大学、学区、教育支持组织、社区团体、工会和公司之间的合作努力。在运作的第一年，正在实施一系列活动，以科学和数学经验为基础，旨在培养、鼓励和激励少数族裔学生。其中包括一项密集的教师指导计划，以鼓励社区大学的少数族裔学生继续攻读学士学位。这些导师提供职业信息，计划和监督实地考察，安排访问工作场所的科学家和工程师，将学生纳入支持服务和辅导，并就他们的学习过程向学生提供建议。少数族裔学生支持团体还提供额外的指导，这些团体将提供少数族裔志愿者导师，并组织少数族裔科学家的讲座。本科生的研究经验是通过选择社区大学二年级的学生来提供的。从初中到高中，大学预科学生的活动主要围绕丰富课程展开，包括数学、科学和交流方面的特别研讨会。为了加强这些活动，每个学生的学校都与行业和/或政府机构相匹配，以提供宝贵的资源，如榜样、示范、演讲者、实地考察等。

This prototype project includes several activities to strengthen minority education from junior high school through the baccalaureate degree. It was developed as a cooperative effort among a number of colleges and universities, school districts, educational support organizations, community groups, unions, and corporations in the Philadelphia area. During the first year of operation, a set of activities, based on science and mathematics experiences, and designed to nurture, encourage and motivate minority students, are being implemented. These include an intensive faculty mentoring program to encourage community college minority students to continue on to the baccalaureate degree. These mentors provide career information, plan and supervise field trips, arrange visits to scientists and engineers in their work places, integrate students into support services and tutoring, and advise students about their course of study. Additional mentoring is provided by minority student support groups that will provide volunteer minority tutors and organize talks by minority scientists. Undergraduate research experience is provided through targeting selected community college students in their sophomore year. Precollege student activities from junior high through high school center around enrichment programs including special workshops in mathematics, science, and communication. To augment these activities each student's school is matched with an industry and/or government agency to provide invaluable resources such as role models, demonstrations, speakers, field trips, etc.