Broadening Participation

Broadening Participation

In parallel with the integrated research, education, workforce development, and industrial outreach efforts, this project will broaden participation in STEM via improved exposure, increased retention, and support for professional development students including technical college students, and non-traditional students.

Domestic students overall are underrepresented in engineering and computer science (CS) MS and PhD programs. South Carolina has excelled at providing access to CS instruction in public schools, with over 98% of HS students attending a school that offers foundational CS coursework. Our broadening participation efforts will leverage success of CS K–12 education in SC to foster new exposure opportunities for URM students in AI and biomedical devices.

The goals for Broadening Participation are:

• Improve exposure, increase retention, and support the professional development of students in computer science and engineering, technical college and other non-traditional students.
• Engage SC AI and Biomedical Device industry stakeholders in ADAPT in SC