2009 summer transportation institute.

Details

• Creators:
  Pickerill, Heath
• Corporate Creators:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology. Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • High school students
  • Transportation careers
  • Education and training
  • Minorities
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NUTC ETT249 ; Project 00027957
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Missouri
• Corporate Publisher:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology. Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety
• Abstract:
  Missouri LTAP at Missouri S&T has hosted a USDOT Summer Transportation Institute (STI) for the past several years. The program ; has been very successful and was again offered in Summer 2009. The STI is a 2-week intensive learning experience held during the ; summer for high school students. It is targeted primarily toward minorities but not limited to them. The follow are the goals of STI: 1) ; To expose secondary school students to and allow them to participate in a series of academic and practice experiences designed to ; motivate them toward professions in the transportation industry, and 2) To provide secondary school students with mathematics, ; science and technological enrichment to enable them to pursue a career in the transportation industry. The overarching goal is to ; increase the number of youths entering the transportation profession and to aid the university in its recruiting efforts. The students ; (10th, 11th and 12th graders) are subjected to a health does of campus life.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0014
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27897/dot_27897_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.53 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:250d522b94dab3a5b98d73e6a141207c5366c713fd37b941e88b34a85cdcd58a