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The Mayor's Youth Technology Corps (MYTC)—Creating Safe Communities through Information Technology Training in Homeland Security Applications (2008–2012)—offered a collaboration of resources, supports, and opportunities for strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education efforts in an underserved community, the City of Detroit. This MYTC project achieved three important goals: (a) creating career pathways for two cohorts of 50 high school students (100 total) in geographical information system (GIS) and information technology in the context of application development concerning homeland security and facility management, (b) providing students with inquiry-based STEM learning opportunities through multiple delivery methods, and (c) enhancing students’ hands-on working experiences by offering internships in City of Detroit organizations. By the end of the MYTC project, around 814 students had participated in various activities sponsored by the project and more than 20 teachers served as lead teachers. Among them, 162 students graduated from the summer institutes; 120 students completed in-class, after-school, or online GIS training courses; 84 students went through a hybrid information assurance course; and 98 students successfully finished their internship assignments. A STEM career goal measure showed that overall interest in having a career in STEM increased 9% throughout the program, and there was an additional 10% increase as a result of the internships. The MYTC internship program is an important form of student civic engagement and also the highlight of hands-on experiences for the MYTC trainees. The internship is the capstone and a true test of how the MYTC students were trained and whether the students were learning what was designed for them in this project. Moreover, the internship program aimed at advancing the participating students’ motivation toward STEM careers. This paper examines the rationale for selecting the internship as the MYTC project’s capstone and the lessons learned through the internship program implementation. The need for an advanced technology-based internship is discussed in the second section. The research design of how to examine critical factors of the internship implementation is presented in the third section. The outcomes of the internship program is are assessed in the fourth section. The lessons learned and future improvements will be discussed in the final conclusion section.

Advancing STEM Career and Learning Through Civic Engagement