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Mehrizi-Sani, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
A summer academy is held for grade 9-12 high school students at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, every year. The academy, dubbed the Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP), is a diverse program that aims to attract domestic and international high school students to engineering and sciences (and possibly recruit them). DEEP…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Enrichment Activities, Engineering, Foreign Countries
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
This report provides comments and opinions from National Science Foundation (NSF) officials on proposed agency budget cuts which could affect three NSF Directorates: Science and Engineering; Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences; and Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs. Specific topics discussed focus on personnel levels,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Budgeting, Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ferreira, Maria M. – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Examines effects of an afterschool science program on minority female students' attitudes toward science, engineering, and mathematics. The program, which incorporated cooperative learning, lands-on activities, mentoring, and role models, positively influenced participants' attitudes to (and subsequent participation in) these subject areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits