Howard to Harvard: An Inside Look at Mentoring in STEM Education

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, the first Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School (HMS) launched the Minority Faculty Development Program (MFDP) to increase diversity among the HMS faculty. An initial strategy of MFDP was to create a K-12 pipeline of Educational Outreach Programs allowing students multiple points of entry and exit. One such program is Project Success, celebrating its 21st year this summer. The main goal of Project Success is to increase awareness about and exposure to careers in the biomedical sciences for students from under-represented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds who reside in Boston and Cambridge. Project Success accepts high school juniors and seniors who are eligible to reapply during college as long as they maintain a 2.75 GPA in a STEM major. Read more about it here.