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The MIT Educational Studies Program (ESP) is a student-run organization known for operating educational programs for the community. The largest of these being Splash.

History

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High school students attending a lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland" at MIT at Splash 2018
Splash 2018 Lecture on "Quantum Physics in Flatland"

The MIT Educational Studies Program was established in 1957; in that same year, it started running the Summer Studies Program (SSP), known as the High School Studies Program (HSSP) from 1967.[1][2] SSP originally provided college freshman level classes in more traditionally academic subjects like math and science. By 1969, HSSP grew to attract over 1300 students and 130 instructors, with diverse topics like Iverson Language.[3]

Their "largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza"[4], Splash, first ran in 1988 with over 130 students, 22 teachers, and classes in topics like the biology of the AIDS virus and vector manipulation.[5] By 2008, these numbers grew to over 2000 students, 300 teachers, and 400 classes. [6]

In 2007, MIT ESP alumni founded Learning Unlimited, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to "make educational opportunities more readily available for all students."[7] Since then, Learning Unlimited has supported the creation of Splash programs at other colleges like Yale[8], and Stanford[9].

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, programs since Summer HSSP 2020[2] to Summer HSSP 2022 were moved to a virtual format, including Splash 2020[10]. Their first fully in-person program was Splash 2022, running from November 19 to November 20, 2022[11]

Retired Programs

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Throughout its years of operation, ESP has launched several programs that are no longer active:

  • Junction was an intense non-residential summer program, with students going to the MIT Campus every weekend. Students would submit a proposal for an independent study project and they would be assigned mentors to guide them. It was last run on Summer 2017. [12]
  • In 1994, ESP launched a new residential summer program, MESH,[13] a summer program where high school students learned and taught a variety of AP-level courses. It was short-lived, only being ran until 1998.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Elijah Jordan (November 20, 2007). "Make a Splash: ESP Encourages Students To Dive and Explore". The Tech. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Quines, CJ (August 20, 2020). "Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call".
  3. ^ Mann, Charles (March 4, 1969). "Educational Studies Program draws 1300 high schoolers" (PDF). The Tech.
  4. ^ "MIT ESP - Splash!". MIT ESP.
  5. ^ Tarasewiez, Darrel (November 6, 1988). "Program holds classes for 130 high schoolers" (PDF). The Tech.
  6. ^ Verma, Aditi (November 25, 2008). "This Year's Splash Is Largest Ever". The Tech.
  7. ^ "About Learning Unlimited". Learning Unlimited. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ Schneider, Dana (November 11, 2013). "Student teachers make a Splash at Yale". Yale Daily News.
  9. ^ Rodríguez, Arielle (November 8, 2015). "Stanford Splash brings hundreds of kids to college". The Stanford Daily.
  10. ^ "Splash took place Nov. 21–21 with over 500 high school participants". The Tech.
  11. ^ Reitmeyer, Cyndi (October 21, 2022). "MIT Splash 2022 for High School Students". BostonTechMom.
  12. ^ "Junction - More Information". MIT ESP. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  13. ^ "MESH : a New Summer Program for High School Students by the MIT Educational Studies Program". Cambridge, Mass: MIT, 1994. Print.
  14. ^ "ESP - Programs - MESH". Retrieved November 5, 2022.
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