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| New Jersey Commission on Higher Education | ||
| | Proyecto Access |
| | (New Jersey City University) |
| | Program began: 1997 - Students enrolled: 140 - Sponsored by: Proyecto Access (summer), NASA, New Jersey City |
| | University and participating school districts. |
| Contact Information: |
| | Julio Guillen, Professor Mathematics |
| | 2039 Kennedy Boulevard |
| | Jersey City, NJ 07305 |
| | Phone: (201) 200-2307 |
| | Fax: (201) 200-3288 |
| | Email: jguillen@njcu.edu |
| Program Description: |
| | Proyecto Access is an educational consortium created in 1996 by the Office of Equal Opportunity Program |
| | (OEOP),Minority University Research and Education Division (MURED) of the National Aeronautics and Space |
| | Administration (NASA) and administered by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). The |
| | consortium consists of HACU and nine of its Hispanic serving institutions in eight states in the United States. Its |
| | main function is to conduct an eight-week summer program in science, mathematics and computer science at these |
| | institutions. |
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| | The basic structure of Proyecto Access is modeled after an extremely successful summer program in Texas called |
| | the Texas Prefreshman Engineering Program (TexPREP). TexPREP was started in 1979 at the University of Texas at |
| | San Antonio by Dr. Manual Berriozabal and now operates in 23 Texas community and senior college campuses in 12 |
| | Texas cities. The program curriculum consist of three summer sessions called Prep1 (7th grade students), PREP2 |
| | (returning PREP1 students) and PREP3 (returning PREP2 students). The success of TexPREP is illustrated by the |
| | following statistics: since 1979 18,300 participants have successfully completed at least one summer component of |
| | TexPREP; 80% have been minorities and 54% have been women and 50% have come form low income families. The |
| | high school graduation rate of TexPREP participants has been 99%, the college entrance rate 92% and the college |
| | graduation rate 87%. Of the college graduates 56% are engineering or science majors. |
| Location of Program Services: |
| | College campus |
| Sources of students served by the program: |
| | Typical Grade Level(s) on Entry: 7th grade |
| | School District: Bayonne, West New York, Jersey City, North Arlington and Secaucus |
| | County or City Served: Hudson County |
| | Region served: Northern NJ |
| Program Services (Academic): |
| | Remedial |
| | Computer |
| | Accelerated |
| | Study |
| | Math/Science |
| | Critical Thinking |
| | Grade - Attendance |
| | Photography, journalism and website development |
| Program Services (Other): |
| | Social Skills |
| | Leadership |
| | Visits/Tours |
| | Fairs |
| | Awareness |
| | Career Counseling |
| | Mentoring |
| | Personal Counseling |
| | Cultural Activities |
| Program Operation: |
| | Program Cycle (Summer or Academic): Both |
| | On Weekends |
| Special populations targeted by the program: |
| | Low income |
| | Academic Performance - High |
| | High School Students |
| | Middle School Students |
| | Minorities |
| | Gifted |
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