Splash (academic outreach program)
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Splash! is a yearly academic outreach program by many universities that invites high school students to attend classes created and taught by students, alumni, and local community members. Splash was originated in 1957[1] by MIT's student-run Educational Studies Program (ESP).[2] Most Splash programs are organized and coordinated by Learning Unlimited of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]
Splash sessions typically span two days on a weekend,[4] with individual classes generally one or two hours long. Class topics are chosen by the instructors and range from discussions and interactive projects to intense academic seminars. Attendees are encouraged to take as many classes as they would like.[5]
Locations
Splash is offered at dozens of universities and colleges,[6] such as the following:
- Amherst College
- Babson College
- Boston College
- Brandeis University
- Claremont Colleges
- Clark University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Courant Institute
- Duke University
- Grinnell College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Marist College
- MIT
- NJIT
- Northeastern University
- Oxford University
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Smith College
- Southwestern University
- Stanford University
- UC Berkeley
- UC San Diego
- UC Merced
- UIUC
- UNC
- University of Chicago
- University of Maryland Baltimore County
- University of Southern California
- Yale University
References
- ^ UNC students make splash with high school students Daily Tar Heel
- ^ Educational Studies Program web page MIT
- ^ Splash: How One Boston-Based Startup, MIT & BC Have Engaged Students in Education BostInno Streetwise
- ^ Stanford Splash brings hundreds of kids to college Stanford Daily
- ^ Splash for the Weekend at MIT Wired
- ^ "Current Programs : When and Where?". Learning United. Retrieved 27 October 2015.