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原文传递 Partnering to Promote Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession. Final rept.

题名：	Partnering to Promote Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession. Final rept.
作者：	Kommalapati-R.; Perkins-J.; Stockton-W.; Benz-R.; Jasek-D.
关键词：	Transportation-; Labor-force; *Career-development.;Partnership-; Outreach-programs; Schools-; Education-; Civil-engineering; Curriculum-.
摘要：	The objective of this multi-university/agency partnership among Prairie View A&M University, (PVAMU), Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to produce high quality transportation professionals from underrepresented groups. This partnership strengthens the existing pipeline program (Federal Highway Administration sponsored Summer Transportation Institute (STI)) between local high schools and PVAMU by attracting bright young minds for summer experiences during their last two summers before graduation from high school. One program is the current STI and the second is a new program for returning STI participants called STI Scholars. The more challenging STI Scholars curriculum allows Scholars to mentor first-year STI participants, while gaining valuable real world experience by observing and participating in projects conducted by transportation professionals at TTI. Scholars are then encouraged to pursue an undergraduate degree in the existing four-year Civil Engineering program at PVAMU. As part of this project, an advisory board for STI consisting of school teachers and counselors was established to increase the outreach of our programs to schools.
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