Preparing Tomorrow's High-Tech Workforce
Careers in Demand
The demand for health care services is on the rise and there may not be enough physicians to meet the demand. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has already called for a 30 percent increase in physicians by 2015.
Academic Success
High School Internships
University Spotlight
According to Rensselaer, their graduates include individuals responsible for masterminding the first landing on the moon…
College Dollars
Earning money for college has become an art form for Shayla Price who began her journey at the age of 18…
Homework Help
Science and Technology
Leadership Program
The LEAD program prepares high school students to take their role as leaders in their future careers.
Robotics
The FIRST Robotics competition brings 1,600 high school teams together to see who can build the best robot.
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In the News
President Barack Obama has nominated the first African American ever to head up the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
On Saturday May 23rd – the day that space shuttle Atlantis safely returned to Earth after successfully repairing the Hubble Space telescope – Obama named retired Gen. Charles Bolden to lead NASA, saying that as the [...]
Jumpstart Your Career
Imagine a place where students can head after school or during the summer to get their gaming on – not simply talking about playing video games, but learning how to design them. Other activities include creating robots for national competitions, making hot new beats for up and coming hip-hop artists, or heading with a few [...]
STEM School Profile
It’s not every day that high school students get hands on experience working on real airplanes at their school. These future engineers are learning first-hand what it means to work in the aviation industry – whether engineer, pilot or manager.
Did You Know?
Engineers and scientists have made many contributions to the world in the past 50 years. Their research and scientific efforts have led to hundreds of inventions that make our every day lives a lot easier.
Girl Power
Despite the election of an African-American president and nearly 10 years into the 21st Century, some old ideas and myths about women continue. The idea that somehow science, engineering, technology, and math are areas reserved for males still persists in some people’s minds, even the minds of some women and young girls.
Fortunately many people are [...]
Roll Call
When most young people talk about flying across the country they mean booking a flight and letting someone else pilot the plane. Not in the case of Kimberly Anyadike, a 15-year-old Nigerian born student who in July became the youngest African-American female to fly solo across the United States.
The trip began in Compton Woodley Airport [...]
Cool Jobs
For Walt Disney, the imagination remains a powerful thing. Not simply in allowing individuals to create animation, films, or games that stimulate young minds, but imagination is also a key part of Disney’s vision for the creation of new parks and the interactive ways they will exist in the future.
The ImagiNations Design Competition sent out [...]
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Engineering 101
Pre-Engineering
Easily laying claim to the title of top technical school in the United States and maybe the world for that matter, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is finding new and creative ways to expand opportunities for students around the nation through its Minority Introduction to Engineering…
Salary Survey
Careers In Medicine
Upon first meeting at University High School in Newark, NJ, Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis and George Jenkins were kindred spirits. They were three young men trying to get an education and exceed everyone’s expectations of an African-American male coming out of one of New Jersey’s poorest cities – some overcoming juvenile criminal records, and drug-addicted [...]