Featured Program: CalTeach
CalTeach is a program for undergraduate science, math, and engineering majors interested in exploring a career in education.
Featured Program: Early Academic Outreach Program
For more than 40 years, UC's Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) has increased the number of students from underserved schools and communities who have the opportunity to achieve a college education.
Featured Program: Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) helps thousands of educationally disadvantaged students to become engineers, scientists and other math-based professionals urgently needed by industry.
Preparing Students for College
Working in under-resourced schools across the state, UC provides support through programs that have enabled many young people to achieve access to higher education.
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"The University of California plays a role in the education of millions of California students, whether or not they are UC-bound."
Preparing and Supporting Educators
UC's educator preparation work is organized along a continuum that begins at the undergraduate level, with programs designed to recruit and provide early preparation for students to explore careers in teaching, continues through post-baccalaureate teacher credential programs, and extends to ongoing, in-depth professional development for practicing educators.
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"Recruiting and training high-quality educators is one of the most important challenges facing the field of education today. This is particularly true in California, with a diverse K–12 student population that includes many low-income and English learners."