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Novick, Peter A.; Gadura, Nidhi – Community College Enterprise, 2020
There is a disparity in the number of adults from minority populations employed in STEM careers. In order to increase the interest of at-risk high school students in the STEM field in Queens, NY, an immersive summer biotechnology boot camp was developed. Fifty-five predominantly minority and female students completed the summer boot camp over a…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, STEM Education, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students
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Martínez, Yolanda García; Velázquez, Claudia Alvarado; Castillo, Rolando Delgado – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This paper pursues to define the pillars for designing the specific (SC) and optional curricula (OC) of Unit Operations and Processes (UOP) Discipline in the Chemical Engineering Program. To achieve this objective a methodology was developed, which was characterized by the participation of every member in the educational process: professors,…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries
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Mojock, Charles; Keefer, Robert; Summer, David – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Our project was to provide a community college undergraduate an authentic research opportunity in a science discipline. To do this, students who have completed a two-semester sequence in chemistry or physics were recruited to investigate the technical aspects of producing economically viable bio-diesel fuel from donated discarded restaurant…
Descriptors: Fuels, Educational Psychology, Research Opportunities, Community Colleges