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It describes how Northeastern University’s NUPRIME Program counters these factors for decades by recruiting, mentoring, and providing financial and academic opportunities. 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Some scholars and educators have predicted that the barriers that discourage under-represented minorities from achieving success in science and engineering, pointed to such factors as:  \n• inadequate academic preparation  \n• substandard educational resources  \n• mismatched social and academic expectations  \n• lack of encouragement  \n• psychological intimidation  \n• unstable familial and financial circumstances  \n• inadequate peer support  \n• lack of role modeling/mentoring  \n• low expectations by science and engineering faculty  \n• poor/uninspired instruction and advising by science/engineering faculty  \n• racism  \n(Reichert & Absher, 1997) 1  \nIn recognizing the aforementioned social and cognitive factors which may negatively impact URM students in their pursuit of science and engineering, the Northeastern University Program in Multicultural Engineering (NUPRIME) has been committed, for the past thirty-six years, to counteracting these factors while cultivating and supporting diversity and academic excellence in the study of engineering at Northeastern University.  \nThe NUPRIME Program helps provide an access point, for historically under-represented minority students, into the engineering education pipeline in an effort to diversify the pool both in the field and in academia.  \nThe NUPRIME Program recognizes that talent and opportunity alone are not sufficient to support these students in their quest for a college education and/or professional aspirations.  \nA long term commitment to recruiting, mentoring and financial support along with  \nincreased academic opportunities is required. In support of this ongoing effort, the NUPRIME program, established in 1974, has collaborated with the Ujima Scholars Program, which was founded in 1972 at the African American Institute at Northeastern University.  \nThe program takes its name from the Swahili word “Ujima” meaning “collective work and responsibility”, which represents a guiding principle for the Ujima Scholars Program.  \nIt is a one-year program that recruits into the University, 40 students with academic potential who do not meet traditional criteria for admission into their intended majors.  \nPage 15.70.2  \n2  \nThe primary goal of the Ujima Scholars program is to prepare students for college-level academic performance. The ultimate goal of the program is to retain students through their first year, prepared to be accepted into the major of their choice as sophomores. The long-term goal of both NUPRIME and Ujima Scholars programs is to provide academic and cultural support beyond that pivotal first year to insure that students are first, able to gain access into the College of Engineering and second, earn their undergraduate degrees in engineering.  \nPresented in this paper is an overview of the programmatic transfer, retention and undergraduate engineering success of Ujima Scholars over the past ten-plus years that have come into the College of Engineering through the support of the NUPRIME Program.  \nOrigin and Purpose of the Ujima Scholars Program2  \nOn May 3, 1968, following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the African American Institute’s founders were successful in getting the University to acknowledge the anxieties of approximately 66% of Northeastern University Black students, who were members of the student organization of the Afro","cbCaitgzKYNWlnBb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitgzKYNWlnBb","pdf",140174,14,"English","# Background\n## Barriers affecting URM student success\n## NUPRIME mission and collaboration with Ujima\n# Ujima Scholars Program: origin and purpose\n## Naming and guiding principle of \"Ujima\"\n## Program structure and goals\n## Historical development and recruitment criteria","[{\"question\":\"What barriers does the paper identify as hindering URM student success in science and engineering?\",\"answer\":\"The paper lists obstacles such as inadequate preparation, substandard resources, mismatched expectations, lack of encouragement, psychological intimidation, unstable familial and financial circumstances, limited peer support, insufficient mentoring/role modeling, low faculty expectations, poor advising, and racism.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the NUPRIME Program support non-traditional access into engineering education?\",\"answer\":\"NUPRIME provides an access point for historically underrepresented students into the engineering education pipeline through long-term recruiting, mentoring, and financial support, while expanding academic opportunities at Northeastern University.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the primary goals and outcomes targeted by the Ujima Scholars Program?\",\"answer\":\"Ujima’s primary goal is to prepare students for college-level academic performance, retain them through the first year, and help them be prepared to enter their intended engineering major as sophomores, with long-term academic and cultural support beyond that year.\"}]","A Partnership of Non-Traditional Access into Engineering via NUPRIME and The Ujima Scholars Program | PDF",35]