CTICE sponsors a range of youth programs that are designed to enhance public school education, introduce a new generation of urban youth to potential careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and create a new pipeline of students to the nation’s premier engineering schools.

The CTICE program focuses on the Harlem community, Columbia University's neighboring community. CTICE’s programs not only bring local public school students on campus so they can experience a college learning environment first hand, but also put University students and staff into local schools to enhance public school instruction. Undergraduate students graduate students, public school teachers and administrators, parents, and University staff and faculty work together and learn from each other as they enhance the public school STEM curriculum, improve instruction, and work with middle and high school students.

CTICE works with other institutions of higher education (such as Teachers College), national educational associations (such as National EPICS), and local community groups (such as the Morningside Area Alliance) to maximize the positive impact from limited available resources.

We are grateful for generous support from the National Science Foundation, the Boeing Company, the GE Foundation, and the Charles Hayden Foundation to support our youth programs.

For more information about any program, please visit the specific course or program pages on the navigation menu.