PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program
The ACE Mentor Program was founded by the principals of leading design and construction firms to introduce high school students to career opportunities in the industry.

Guaranteed 4.0
This Dallas-based educational consulting firm specializes in a dynamic framework of learning. Guaranteed 4.0 encourages academic excellence and professional growth—both in and out of a formal educational system.

Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA)
One of the country’s most innovative and successful programs, MESA works with thousands of educationally disadvantaged students to help them excel in math and science and graduate with math-based degrees.

National Academy Foundation (NAF)
In its 26th year, NAF is an acclaimed national network of high school career academies predominately based in urban districts-schools within schools-with rigorous, career-themed curricula created with current industry and educational expertise.

SME Education Foundation
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation – created in 1979, is dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing education and preparing the next generation of manufacturing engineers and technologists. Thanks to the generosity of its partners including corporations, organizations, foundations and individual donors, the Foundation has awarded more than $29 million since 1980 in awards, scholarships and youth programs.

The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review helps students, parents, and educators achieve the best outcomes at all stages of students’ educational careers. It starts with a single premise: everyone is entitled to the best education. Through years of research, the Princeton Review has learned to use practice and preparation to help students improve their performance. The Princeton Review partnered with NACME to produce The NACME Guide to Engineering Colleges.

Project Lead The Way, Inc. (PLTW)
PLTW, a not-for-profit national educational program for middle schools and high schools, is solving the nation’s shortage of engineers and scientists one student at a time. The PLTW network comprises more than 3,000 middle schools and high schools in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLTW currently enrolls about 200,000 students.

NCOURAGES
NCOURAGES is a thriving, active partnership coalition comprised of eight member organizations. Its mission is to focus and align its members’ individual efforts and activities for the purpose of dramatically increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's science and engineering workforce.