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Expanding the Talent Pool: Tracks to the Future Program for High School Students

Document Series
Research Results
Author
Jason Wornoff; Pasi Lautala
Report Number
RR 24-08
Office
RDI-24
Subject Research, Human Factors
Keywords
Railway engineering education; workforce development; K-12 education; remote learning
Document
Expanding The Talent Pool.pdf (574.28 KB)

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University Altoona (Penn State Altoona) and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to expand an existing summer youth program into the Tracks to the Future Railroad Transportation and Engineering summer program for students entering grades 9-12. Phase 2 expanded the program to a total of six universities, adding University of South Carolina, University of New Mexico, and California State University-Fresno.


Last updated: Thursday, August 22, 2024