"The successful completion of doctoral degrees by minority students does not result from graduate study alone but rather depends on the presence of intellectual building blocks in middle school, high school and undergraduate education."
Dr. Henry T. Frierson

Welcome to the North Carolina OPT-ED Alliance

The North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education (NC OPT-ED) involves statewide institutions that are committed to diversifying the science, mathematics, technology and engineering workforce, including the professorate. The formal alliance with other National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported programs at institutions in North Carolina seeks to encourage underrepresented minority students from middle school through graduate school to attain the doctorate.

"Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. It doesn't matter what you look like or where you come from if you have knowledge."
-Benjamin Carson
NC OPT-ED is an NSF-funded alliance among:
NSF

North Carolina A&T University logoNorth Carolina A&T State University NC State University logo The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo

 

Highlights

Tenth Annual Alliance Day

STEM & SBE: Engaging Future Leaders for Global Excellence
took place on Friday, October 14, 2011 at the McKimmon Center on the campus of
NC State University.

Click here, to read more about the success of the Tenth Annual NC OPT-ED Alliance Day.

The Program & Abstract Books from the conference are available online also.

Crosstalk

Save the Date:
Friday, April 13, 2012
NC State University

Steering Committee Meeting

Monday, February 13, 2012
10am-1pm, Lunch provided
CSLD in Chapel Hill
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Save the Date

NC OPT-ED Alliance Day
Wednesday, October 16, 2012
The McKimmon Center at
NC State University