[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 DAPCEP

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the Detroit Area Pre-College 
Engineering Program, Inc. [DAPCEP], is celebrating its 20th anniversary 
in this year. The organization was founded in 1976 with a grant from 
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. DAPCEP's mission is ``to increase the 
number of minority students who are motivated and academically prepared 
to choose careers in science, engineering and technical fields.''
  In its first year, 245 students took DAPCEP enrichment courses 
offered through 1 high school and 2 universities. Today, the 
organization serves more than 5,000 sixth through twelfth graders each 
year, through a collaboration with 8 universities, 64 Detroit public 
middle schools and high schools, 30 local corporations, and an active 
parent group. DAPCEP also receives funding from the National Science 
Foundation, the State of Michigan, and the city of Detroit. Current 
DAPCEP programs include an in-school component with hands-on research, 
experiments and science fairs; Saturday morning classes; and summer 
enrichment programs. DAPCEP also offers mentoring, tutoring, summer 
jobs, scholarships, and teacher training.
  DAPCEP was featured on the NBC ``Nightly News'' in April 1995 in a 
story highlighting successful extracurricular enrichment programs. 
DAPCEP students captured 62 percent of the top awards given at the 1995 
Metropolitan Detroit Science and Engineering Fair, one of the largest 
and most successful fairs in the Nation. Recognized nationally as a 
model for pre-college programs, DAPCEP was named by Crain's Detroit 
Business as the 1995 Best-Managed Nonprofit for nonprofits having 
budgets larger than $2.5 million.
  Through working to further the study of science and engineering for 
all, DAPCEP has made a great contribution to our local community and 
our country as a whole. I know that my Senate colleagues join me in 
congratulating the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program on its 
20th anniversary.

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