Transcript Math Is Power Campaign - National Academy Foundation

NACME
Creating Opportunities, Ensuring Success
Overview
Pre-engineering Programs
 Middle and High School – develop collaborative relationships
Scholarship and Student Support
 Community College
 Increase awareness of career opportunities in Engineering
 Improve transition to 4 year institutions – Articulation Agreements
 Universities
 Scholarships – 5 year commitment
 Diversity matters – recruit, retain and graduate
 Evaluate effectiveness of student support strategies – share best practices
 Facilitate corporate internships and recruitment – online resume system
 Post Graduate -Support Sloan Foundation Minority PhD Program
Research
 Publish reports, articles, op-ed pieces and editorials and participate in panels
 Increase understanding and provide recommendations on the the national issues
related to minorities in the fields of engineering, science and technology
National Meetings
 Communications and community building
 Leaders from industry, education, foundations and government
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University Program
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University Program
1,269 Scholars - 20% growth Y-T-Y
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Cash Grants total $1.6M – growing to $1.8M in 2008
Retention rate of 82% vs. national average of 39%
3.1 Average GPA
33% women compared to national avg. of 24%
49% African American; 43% Latino; 5% American Indian; 3%
Other
Community College Programs
 San Diego
 Maryland
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Partner Universities
Arizona State University, Tempe
Bucknell University
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Sacramento
City College of The City University of New York
Clarkson University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Fairfield University
Florida International University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Howard University
Jackson State University
Kansas State University
Kettering University
Louisiana State University
Marquette University
Michigan Technological University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina State University
Northern Arizona University
Polytechnic University
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
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Prairie View A&M University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syracuse University
Temple University
Tennessee Technological University
Tuskegee University
University of Akron
University of Bridgeport*
University of California, San Diego
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Houston
University of Illinois, Chicago
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Missouri, Rolla
University of Southern California
University of Texas, El Paso
University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Washington
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pre-Engineering Program
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Pre-Engineering
Facts
70% of 8th Graders are not proficient in reading and will never catch up
1.1M American high school students drop out every year – 6K every school
day
America has world’s largest economy - $11.1 Trillion (China 2.0 Trillion)
Americans are more productive than their global peers
US attracts the most foreign investment
R&D in the US is the world’s largest – emerging markets growing faster
American citizens make up a declining share of science and engineering
students
May 2007 – Minority population in America exceeds 100 million
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Pre-Engineering
How are underrepresented minorities doing?
Math test scores – wide gaps and growing
Advanced math completion – white students 47%, minority students 31%
High School graduation rates – improving but wide gaps still persist
College – White 28%, Black 19%, Latino/Hispanic 12%
USA ranks 10th in the world for college attainment ages 25-34
College graduates by age 26 – high income families 60%, low income families
7%
USA invests significantly more in education than other countries, yet we rank
22 out of 26 in math performance
In 2002 only 4% of minorities (28K out of 690K) had taken and passed
sufficient math and science to qualify for admission to study engineering and
technology at the college level – of those 16,800 admitted
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Pre-Engineering
Deliverables:
 The NACME Guide to Engineering Colleges (in collaboration with The Princeton Review)
 Helping Teachers Make a Difference (in collaboration with Cambell-Kibler)
 Quick Study Guide for Students and Parents (in collaboration with Guaranteed 4.0)
 Engineering Your Future: A Career Guide for Minority Youth
 Classroom STEM Materials (posters, deliverables, etc.)
 NACMEBacksMe.org – December 2007
Partnerships
 ACE Mentoring Program - high school outreach program that includes mentors and the
development of education and career-related materials to support the AOE students
 MESA – bring after school programs to the AOE sites California/Washington
Grants & Scholarships
 Teacher STEM Innovation Grants (Deadline: November 30th, 2007)
 Student Pre-Engineering Scholarships (Deadline: May 31st, 2008)
Symposium
 NACME Symposium and Partner Meeting - May 27th- May 29th, 2008
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Academy of Engineering
(AOE)
 The National Academy Foundation, Project Lead the Way and the National Action
Council for Minorities in Engineering
 A partnership to create small learning communities in high schools focused on
Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM). The goals are:
 Recruit and encourage more high school students to investigate careers in
engineering science and technology
 Increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the study
of engineering
 High school graduates ready for postsecondary education and prepared to succeed
and graduate with a degree in the field
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AOE Involvement
 National Academy Foundation (NAF): unique capabilities and documented
success in developing specialized career academies in Finance, IT, Travel
and Tourism
 Project Lead The Way (PLTW): Provides the curriculum development for
core pre-engineering studies, teacher certification and classroom
requirements
 National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME):
reinforcing and enhancing the educational experience in the classroom by
providing support to the local community, students and parents – using a
collaboration model
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AOE Guidelines
The guidelines for this new academy include:
 Small, 400 student four-year high school
 Either stand-alone or small learning community in an urban school
 Must have a separate leader and independent, dedicated staff across all
disciplines and approval by the school district
 Degree of autonomy negotiated with school district and significant budget
authority
 AOE will not be a set of drop-in courses
 AOE will not be for the top students of a high school or community, but must
be open to all students of the school
 Agreed policy for admission to program (Student expresses interest in theme
and enrolling in the school)
 Every student graduates ready for success at a four-year institution
 STEM theme: The academy will center its course curriculum on science,
technology, engineering and math
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Advisory Board Involvement
TENTATIVE
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Los Angeles, CA
University High School
3M
San Diego, CA
EDT Academy Morse High
School
Boeing
San Diego, CA
Patrick Henry High School
San Diego, CA
James Madison High School
Raytheon
San Francisco, CA
Burton High School
Bechtel
Strathmore, CA
Porterville Charter Academy
TBD
Atlanta, GA
Frederick Douglass High School
IBM
New York, NY
Construction Trades,
Engineering and Architecture
High School
Malcolm
Pirnie
Columbus, OH
East High School on Arcadia
TBD
Las Vegas, NV
Northwest Career and Technical
Academy
BP
Raytheon
Raytheon
AT&T
AT&T
Bechtel
Waco, TX
AJ Moore Academy
TBD
Dallas, TX
H. Grady Spruce High School
AT&T
Burien, WA
Evergreen High School
IBM
Boeing
GE / Bechtel
NACME Model for Collaboration
Partner Universities
Academy of Engineering
SLOAN/GEM/NACME
ACE Programs
MESA Programs
Research and Policy
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Research and Policy
2007
 Scholarship Program evaluation
 Progress report –Minorities in Engineering
 Coming later this fall
2008
 Executive Roundtable (January) – Efforts to enhance minority
participation in STEM education
 Graduating scholar survey
 Women in engineering – focus on women of color
 Proving the model – joint study PLTW/NACME
 Community College – Transfer student performance at 4 year
institutions
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Discussion
Your inputs are valued!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI
Contact Information
Raluca Cadar
Program Manager, Pre-Engineering
NACME, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 302
White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Tel: 914-539-4010 x 202
Fax: 914-539-4032
Email: [email protected]
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