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HACU's PreK-12/Higher Education Collaboration Symposium David De Sousa, Ph.D Texas A&M Engineering Academies | engineering.tamu.edu/academies 1

Texas A&M University At A Glance

Texas A&M Engineering Academies By The Numbers

rd in the nation 3 rd ion in resea search ch expend enditu tures res Consistently ranked top 10

22 majors

Aggie Engineering Opportunities • General engineering at College Station campus • Engineering at Galveston Engineering at McAllen • • Engineering Academy at Blinn-Bryan • Remote Engineering Academies

Workforce Needs 53,000 more by 2024

Texas A&M Engineering Academies launched in 2015 • • First Engineering Transition Program of its kind in the United States • Students are co-enrolled with Texas A&M University and one of 7 partner CC across the state After one to two years, students transition to TAMU to • complete their degree – they are not transfer students nor do they have to submit anther transfer application since they were already admitted to TAMU • Industry partners: Chevron Corporation and Concho Resources

ACCESS AFFORDABILITY COMPLETION Partnering with Maximizing student Integrating student community colleges services to make success programs to enabling students to education more increase completion rates. progress toward an equitable engineering degree

Application Process Texas A&M Engineering Academies | engineering.tamu.edu/academies 12

Enrollment Process Earn Texas A&M engineering credit while co-enrolled Transition to Texas A&M University Graduate from Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Academies | engineering.tamu.edu/academies 13

Sample First Year Schedule Application & Enrollment Process Fall Spring Texas A&M – ENGR 102 (2 cr.) Texas A&M – ENGR 216 (2 cr.) CC – Science course (4 cr.) CC – Science course (4 cr.) Application Process Enrollment Process CC – Math course (4 cr.) CC – Math course (4 cr.) • Application on file or enrollment at • Earn Texas A&M engineering course CC – Core curriculum (3 cr.)* CC – Core curriculum (3 cr.)* Ex. English, American History, the community college Ex. English, American History, credit from Texas A&M Faculty Government, Psychology, Government, Psychology, • Community college pre-qualifies • Transition to Texas A&M University Economics, Music, etc. Economics, Music, etc. students based on calculus readiness • Graduate from Texas A&M University • Pre-qualified students submit the *AP/IB/Dual Credits taken into consideration when providing suggested Texas A&M Academy application courses.

Student Experiences Global Programs ● Career Fair ● Aggie Football Game & Tailgate ● Aggies Invent ● Internships

Time to Degree

Initial Cohort Enrollment

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