PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

Article Title

An Innovative Partnership between National and Regional Partnerships: STARS Meets McPIE

Authors

Karen Bean, UNC CharlotteFollow
Kim K. Buch Dr., University of North Carolina at CharlotteFollow
Teresa Dahlberg Dr., The Cooper UnionFollow
Tiffany Barnes Dr., North Carolina State UniversityFollow
Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina at CharlotteFollow
Linda Cagley, McClintock Partners In EducationFollow

Article Type

Research

Abstract

The Students & Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) Computing Corps is a nationally-connected system of regional partnerships among higher education, K-12 schools, industry and the community, with a mission to broaden the participation of women, under-represented minorities and persons with disabilities in computing (BPC). With support from National Science Foundation funding, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte founded the STARS Alliance (now the STARS Computing Corps) which includes 44 universities, each with its own “constellation” of local and regional partnerships. McClintock Partners in Education (McPIE) is a partnership between a middle school, a church, and their surrounding community. This paper describes how a STARS-McPIE “partnership between partnerships” has impacted both the middle school students and their college student mentors.

Recommended Citation

Bean, K., Buch, K. K., Dahlberg, T., Barnes, T., Rorrer, A., & Cagley, L. (2014), 119-130. An Innovative Partnership between National and Regional Partnerships: STARS Meets McPIE. PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement, 3 (2). Retrieved from https://encompass.eku.edu/prism/vol3/iss2/3