ALBANY – New York State will partner with leading non-profit organizations to encourage underrepresented students to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields of study in college.
This statewide outreach will recruit African-Americans, Latinos and women who are in the top ten percent of their high school graduating class to sign up for the Governor’s STEM Incentive Program, which offers full SUNY and CUNY scholarships to high school students that pursue high-demand, high-tech careers and build their future in New York.
Girls Inc., United Neighborhood Housing, Catholic Charities, New York Council of Non Profits, and the Association of Program Administrators for CSTEP and STEP will partner with the State to raise awareness of tuition awards for the best and brightest high school students. These groups are active in under-served communities across the State and will work with local high schools to identify eligible graduates in their Class of 2014 that are enrolling at SUNY or CUNY schools in the fall.
In New York State, women make up 48.5 percent of the workforce but only 27.5 percent of STEM jobs, and African-American and Latino New Yorkers make up 30.9 percent of the workforce but hold only 13.4 percent of STEM jobs.
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