PreCollege Summer Institute - PCI

The 2023 PreCollege Summer Institute: PCI is a unique opportunity for middle & high school students to learn from faculty and staff and meet other highly motivated students in a summer program where they can explore their academic interests, develop new skills, and experience campus life. First-generation students, particularly those from modest-income households, often lack access to high-quality STEM and writing education. The partnership between the School of Arts & Sciences at Newark and the Center for Pre-College Programs provides faculty-led educational experiences and near-peer mentoring by Rutgers students with the overall goal of providing academic enrichment, offering college campus exposure, and developing a Rutgers college-going mindset in students. The Innovation Grant provided scholarships for students from first-generation and modest-income households to take classes such as “Chemistry in Materials,” “The Big Bang and Atoms,” and “Youth in Action.”