Open AccessFinal performance report for Project JEM
Author(s) -
Michelle McKinney,
Sarah Jenkins
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/588030
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , medical education , psychology , library science , medicine , political science , computer science , law
Project JEM (Jarvis Enhancement of Males) is a pre-college program directed toward stimulating disadvantaged, talented African American males in grades four, five, and six to attend college and major in mathematics, science, computer science, or related technical areas needed by the US Department of Energy. Twenty young African American male students were recruited from Gladewater Independent School District (ISD), Longview ISD, Hawkins ISD, Tyler ISD, Winona ISD and big Sandy ISD. Students enrolled in the program range from ages 10 to 13 and are in grades four, five and six. Student participants in the 1997 Project JEM Program attended Saturday Academy sessions and a four week intensive, summer residential program. The information here provides a synopsis of the activities which were conducted through each program component