Projects: North Carolina Math/Science Education Network Pre-College Program

Through Friday Institute projects, our teams conduct research, develop educational resources, provide professional development programs for educators, inform policy-making and prepare students for success.

Active Projects

Developing STEM Identity in Rural Audiences through Community-based Engineering Design (DeSIRE)

DeSIRE is a partnership between the College of Engineering and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University (NCSU), the NC Mathematics and Science Education Network Pre-College Program (MSEN), the Edgecombe County Public Schools (ECPS) district, and local advanced manufacturing industry. The Friday Institute (FI) is pleased to serve as the research partner for the DeSIRE project.
eSTEM: Enhancing STEM Identity Through E-mentoring Experiences

The eSTEM Strategies project will establish an e-mentoring program for underrepresented high school students living in rural North Carolina that will engage them in engineering-related experiences supported by near-peer relationships with mentors of similar background, race, gender and experiences, in an effort to improve students’ attitudes about and participation in STEM.