Alamo Colleges & Texas A&M Launch Engineering Academy
Alamo
Colleges and Texas A&M University have announced the formation of
the Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy at Alamo
Colleges, an innovative co-enrollment program developed to address the
state's growing need for engineers. Qualified students will be admitted
to the Texas A&M College of Engineering, will complete the first two
years of coursework at the Alamo Colleges, and will complete their
engineering degrees at Texas A&M University in College Station,
Texas.
The
Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy will allow students to remain
close to home for their first two years while pursuing one of 16 majors
within the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M.
A
2012 report by the President's Council on Science and Technology
projected that 1 million more science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) degrees would be needed in the next decade. In Texas alone, the
projected need for engineers in the workforce is 43,000 by 2020. To meet
this need, universities and two- year colleges will need to work
together to bridge the gap and attract and retain students interested in
STEM fields.
Chevron
has donated $5 million to support the Texas A&M Engineering
Academy at Alamo Colleges, as well as three other academies at: Houston
Community College, Spring Branch in Houston; El Centro College in
Dallas; and Texas Southmost College in Brownsville.
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