Science and Mathematics Improvement Project

文图拉县商业劳工委员会是1982年由加利福尼亚州授权成立的一个组织，它将与县学校、当地社区学院和当地企业合作，为非大学学生加强科学和数学教育课程。县学校有大量的少数民族学生，他们发现这些学生对数学和科学课程如何帮助他们为就业市场做准备知之甚少，即使他们没有在毕业前退学，也会避免这些课程。当地企业将以各种方式与教师、指导顾问和高中班级合作，以提高对非学士学位青年在当地工作机会的了解，以及获得和成功获得这些工作的先决条件。该计划将包括与当地社区大学的联合活动，整合高中和社区大学的课程，以获得当地所需的副学士学位。有学士学位课程资质的学生将被鼓励参加这些课程，但主要的重点将是通往不需要学士学位的良好职业机会的途径。其他合作伙伴的费用分摊将等于国家科学基金会资金的100%。

The Business Labor Council of Ventura County, an organization formed in 1982 under the authority of the State of California, will work with county schools, local community colleges, and local businesses to enhance science and mathematics education programs for non-college-bound students. The county schools, which have substantial minority enrollments, find these students have little understanding of how mathematics and science courses will help prepare them for the job market and avoid these courses even if they do not drop out before graduation. Local businesses will work with teachers, guidance counselors, and high school classes in a variety of ways to enhance the understanding of local job opportunities for non- baccalaureate youth and the prerequisites for acquiring and succeeding in such jobs. Included in the program will be joint activities with local community colleges to integrate high school and community colleges curricula leading to locally needed associate degrees. Students with aptitude for baccalaureate programs will be encouraged to enter those, but the primary emphasis will be on routes to good career opportunities not requiring a baccalaureate degree. Cost sharing by the other partners will equal 100% of the NSF funding.