Christie, B. A. (2012, June), Creating Partnerships Between Your University and Community-based Out-of-School Time Programs to Improve the STEM Pipeline   Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21116

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  Christie, B. A. (2012, June), \emph{Creating Partnerships Between Your University and Community-based Out-of-School Time Programs to Improve the STEM Pipeline }
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21116

Barbara A. Christie.  "Creating Partnerships Between Your University and Community-based Out-of-School Time Programs to Improve the STEM Pipeline ".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21116 Internet.  16 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21116}
  Barbara A. Christie.
  "Creating Partnerships Between Your University and Community-based Out-of-School Time Programs to Improve the STEM Pipeline ".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21116 Internet.  16 Jul, 2024

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AB  - In 2001, after receiving seed money from the Honda Foundation, Loyola MarymountUniversity’s College of Science and Engineering developed a community outreachprogram with the goal of increasing the pipeline of girls and underrepresented minoritiesstudying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the college level.To accomplish this goal, we started the Science and Engineering Community OutreachProgram (SECOP). SECOP is a two-week residential pre-college summer schoolprogram with a focus on science and engineering. Engineering and mathematics facultyprovide a similar curriculum taught in Engineering 101 and Pre-calculus College courses.The afternoon classes are project-oriented. Students design mousetrap cars usingSolidWorks, and build their cars in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. The highschool students purchase supplies for the mousetrap car from Home Depot and must keeptheir budget to $10. At night, students work on group projects that include designing andbuilding robots using LEGO Mindstorms NXT. To recruit students, we created apartnership between our College and five community-based out-of-school time programsin Southern California. By working with community organizations, we have reachedhighly motivated students who have a strong aptitude for science and mathematics. Overthe past 11 years, 233 students from 73 different high schools in the Greater Los AngelesArea have participated in SECOP. We have received over $500.000 in funding fromfoundations and engineering-based corporations. The demographics of the high schoolstudents include 140 females (60%), and 93% African American, Hispanic or NativeAmerican. The outcomes for the students who participated in SECOP have beenoutstanding. We have collected data on the alumni who have graduated high school bycontacting them over the phone and searching for them on facebook. Of the studentswho attended SECOP and now have graduated from high school, 99% have or areattending college. Sixty-six percent have select STEM majors in college and 39%selected engineering in particular. On a recent search of the alumni from 2001-2004 withan 80% return rate, we found that 99% have graduated from college and 31% have goneonto graduate or professional school including 3 in medical school, 1 in dental school, 1in law school, 3 working on PhDs and 13 working toward masters or having completedmasters degrees. Fourteen (20%) of the college graduates are working as professionalengineers, architects or computer scientists. This article discusses the methods used todevelop a very valuable and meaningful community outreach program that continues toachieve its goal of helping improve the pipeline of students deciding to study STEM incollege and going onto STEM careers.
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