Sentences with phrase «precollege program»

Involve all students, particularly low income, first - generation college, and underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds, in precollege program learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education.

AGU will also initiate opportunities for bringing teachers and science students from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), 2 - year colleges and precollege programs serving underrepresented communities to its annual meetings, in order to expose them to research and career opportunities in the earth and space sciences.

The panel's relatively fuzzy charge from NIH Director Francis Collins is to «optimize NIH's precollege programs» so that they «both align with the NIH mission and ensure a continued pipeline of biomedical science students and professionals.»

Not exact matches

Education Unlimited ® provides academic summer camps & precollege summer programs for students entering grades 4 - 12.

pipeline issues by developing and supporting bridge programs to reach precollege students from underrepresented groups while they are exploring options

To this end we (1) partner with precollege science teachers to develop and produce innovative Internet - based curriculum supplement materials focused on genetics, biotechnology, and bioethics; (2) update and expand teachers» knowledge in these areas through professional development programs; and (3) engage precollege students in science enrichment experiences.

Students in a department should be given the opportunity to participate in, and be allowed to create, outreach programs that serve to motivate precollege students to pursue MSE careers.

Last year, NIH even eliminated its tiny Office of Science Education, and it took an act of Congress to preserve the Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA), NIH's sole program aimed at precollege students.

About the Education Mission CBN has built a comprehensive education program consisting of precollege, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral initiatives, as well as public education.

In 2011, the school launched «F&M College Prep» and welcomed 23 KIPP students to the precollege summer - immersion program.

The bill, which sets the programs» funding at $ 35 million, will provide an as - yet unspecified amount for precollege education programs, which had been eliminated entirely in the President's proposal.

It authorized a federally funded educational program, which is the single largest precollege federal education program of its kind.

The programs highlighted in the report across three action areas — precollege interventions to help students speed up and catch up, streamlined postsecondary placement practices to smooth student transitions, and redesigned freshman - year experiences to meet student needs — show what is possible when community colleges take action and collaborate deeply with K — 12 schools to align expectations and promote college readiness for all students.