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The mission of the Ripple Institute is to inspiring young people to pursue careers in science, technological, engineering and mathematical fields of study.
The RIPPLE institute inc. (RII) is offering the youth of the world an opportunity to learn the skills needed to compete in the 21-century workforce. Our organization is founded on the principle that each young person represents a rock with all of the potential for success. We at RIPPLE will pick them up, polish each rock, and throw them out into the ocean of our global scientific workplace. Their individual life stories are the RIPPLE effect that they create on the surface of the water reaching coastal shores beyond our imagination. We provide minority middle, high and college students with outreach experiences focusing on increase interest in careers engineering, technology and science. The opportunity cost for not addressing this challengeis too high for our country to ignore.Students need an education with a solid foundation in STEM areas so that they are prepared to both work and live in the 21st Century. We also need to encourage the students of today to pursue careers in STEM-related fields. RIPPLE institute will become an influential force for the youth of America to seek careers in the scientific workforce. Within the next few years, management envisions the Ripple Institute to grow into a sustainable non-profit organization that provides a forum to motivate the most creative young minds in this new generation of prospective scientists, artists, and professionals who will become leaders in society by providing an enrichment opportunity and making them successful in all of their future endeavors.
RIPPLE is a comprehensive, cost-effective, non-profit school reform model that is currently underway in several counties across Metro Atlanta. The mission of the program is to increase the number of students in economically disadvantaged communities who are enrolled and participating competitively in a college preparatory curriculum pursuing careers in science, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) fields of study. The goal of the program is to see at least 80 percent of students graduate from high school and 25 percent of these graduates enter college pursuing in a Bachelors of Science (B.S.) Degree. Over the long-term, RIPPLE aims to reform and motivate the most creative young minds in this new generation of prospective scientists, artists, and professional who will become leaders in society by providing an enrichment opportunity, making them successful in all of their future endeavors.
RIPPLE combines specific evidence-based curriculum and mentor and student service components into a coherent educational experience for students and RIPPLE staff. It provides the resources necessary to help promote student retention, academic achievement, career exploration and community service. In addition, to make college enrollment and completion more realistic for typically non STEM aspiring students, RIPPLE offers institutions of higher learning a warehouse of potential future scientific innovators. RIPPLE has seven structural components and seven program components that, when used together, are closing the innovation gap. RIPPLE institute inc. works with existing assets—community educational systems, existing principals and teachers, and STEM professional.
An exhaustive list of STEM disciplines does not exist, but some common disciplines are: | ||
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Inspiring young people to pursue careers in science, technological, engineering and mathematical fields of study. 
