"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 professoriate. The formal alliance with other National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported programs at institutions in North Carolina seeks to encourage underrepresentedminority 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

Highlights

Alliance Day 2008

7th Annual NC OPT-ED

Alliance Day

    September 26, 2008

Crosstalk

Graduate Student Crosstalk

    September 5, 2008
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Mentoring Workshop

2008 Mentoring Workshop featured on the national AGEP website on April 28, 2008.

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Breakout Discussion Notes

       Faculty

       Grad Students & Post Docs

   Bio Booklet

   PAESMEM White Paper