Promoting Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession through a Multi-University/Agency Partnership

The objective of this multi-university/agency partnership between Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to build on the progress made through the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM) seed funding to produce high-quality transportation professionals from underrepresented groups through research and other real-world experiences. This partnership strengthened the existing pipeline between local high schools and PVAMU by attracting bright young minds for a pair of summer program experiences during students’ last two summers before graduation from high school. One program is the existing Summer Transportation Institute (STI) Program, and the second is the STI Scholars program, initiated as part of the previous UTCM project and further developed in this project. The newly developed curriculum for the STI Scholars program is more challenging than the STI experience; Scholars get a chance to mentor new STI participants and also gain invaluable experience working with transportation professionals at TTI. As part of the program, STI Scholars are encouraged to pursue an existing four-year civil engineering program at PVAMU. The project produced a network of (i) former students, (ii) educational professionals (counselors and teachers), and (iii) public and private agencies including academia to ensure long-term sustainability of the program. This program can serve as a model for other outreach programs at other locations across the nation.

• Record URL:
  http://utcm.tamu.edu/publications/final_reports/Kommalapati_08-45-07.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20261
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Center for Mobility

  Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kommalapati, Raghava
  • Perkins, Judy
  • Jasek, Deborah
  • Benz, Robert
  • Stockton, William
• Publication Date: 2010-12-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 103p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; High school students; Outreach; Partnerships; Transportation careers
• Identifier Terms: Prairie View A&M University; Summer Transportation Institute; Texas A&M University; Texas Transportation Institute
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mentoring
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01339708
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UTCM 08-45-07
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0044 (Grant)
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 17 2011 8:50AM