Rapidly Accelerated Research Experience
Rapidly Accelerated Research Experience (RARE) is a focused pre-admission-to-graduation STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) immersion program. The overarching goal of the program is to provide opportunities for students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM fields to develop outstanding scientific skills in an environment that emphasizes preparation for leadership in addressing the increasingly complex issues facing the sciences, engineering, and society in the 21st century.
The program incorporates four dimensions that are essential for success: an innovative curriculum across STEM fields, a strong sense of identity as part of a community of scholars, addressing cultural issues that can contribute to low success and retention rates, and an understanding of the commitment required to excel in STEM. RARE is a multi-level, structured, comprehensive four-year approach.
The RARE program:
Implements a comprehensive program that enhances retention and success in STEM fields.
Supports participation in innovative lower-level inquiry based course experiences that significantly accelerate scientific skill development, an understanding of the research enterprise, and contemporary issues in the sciences and engineering.
Establishes RARE students as members of a “community of scholars” through activities outside the formal classroom setting.
Provides an integrated institutional support structure among administrative units and faculty that improves persistence and retention.
RARE students are housed together in a residential community alongside other students interested in STEM.
Additional Details
Keywords | Searchable Words - STEM, Research, science careers,
City - Bethlehem
Link To Event | Program Page - https://hhmi.cas.lehigh.edu/content/rare
Descriptive Key Search Terms - STEM, Research, science career
Event Recurrence - Don\'t repeat
On The - same_time
Day Number - First
Day Name - Sunday
