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The 1881 Institute
The 1881 Institute, nominated by Transcend, is a school in Louisiana.
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The 1881 Institute (1881)—named after the year the Tuskegee Institute was founded—is a workforce development model that addresses the broken pipeline of underrepresented populations entering engineering and advanced manufacturing careers. 1881 formed a homeschool cooperative in response to parents who were unsatisfied with their public school option and wanted their child to pursue a technical vocation as an entryway into engineering. It enables teens to do dual-enrollment earning a college-level credits, credential, and a high school diploma. The first cohort will finish in 2023. 1881 also operates complementary programs including: in-school and after-school programming that is a point of entry for 1881 to identify young talent for the engineering industry; an apprenticeship that combines on-the-job work experience with technical classroom study; and an industry capstone where 1881’s undergraduates convene with companies to tackle real-world, multidisciplinary engineering problems.