The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) STEM Leadership Academy, a STEM workforce development initiative affiliated with the University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Center for STEM Education, continues to gain traction across the country as high school cadets engage in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics exercises that will prepare them for advanced career opportunities.
Earlier this month, three separate JROTC Leadership Academies were held in southeast Alabama and Mobile.; and Columbus, Ga.
Approximately 350 cadets from 60 high schools participated in the academies.
Next week, cadets from San Diego will attend the summer residential JROTC STEM Academy.
USM’s Center for STEM Education is leading the research and evaluation activities, guiding the replication of and measuring the effectiveness of the JROTC program as it grows across the country.
Director Dr. Julie Cwikla notes that the upcoming San Diego academy will complete the four sites planned for this year with seven more scheduled over the next two years.
In 2021, the Mobile County (Ala.) Public School System (MCPSS), in partnership with USM and STEMWorks received a defense department STEM National Defense Education Program award for expansion of the JROTC STEM Leadership Academy. (Magnolia State 06/21/23)
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