2023 Mineta Summer Transportation Institute at San José State University

San José State University (SJSU) conducted its eighteenth annual National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) in July 2023. NSTI was offered as a 3-week, Monday through Friday, 15-day non-residential program for high school students (9th through 12th grades) on the SJSU campus in San José, California. The program's primary goal was to inform and inspire students to think critically about their futures and potential for careers in the transportation industry. A secondary goal of the program was to inspire the students to attend a college or university after high school. The program was comprised of three main components: (1) a college-level course in environmental studies with 6,000 words writing minimum; (2) field trips; and (3) guest speakers. SJSU is a large, urban university located in the heart of Silicon Valley. NSTI is structured in the style and format of a pre-college internship, emphasizing civic leadership and public policy, which are MTI’s anchoring principles. Thus, a balance is sought between academic and experiential learning designed to motivate high school students to expand their horizons into the field of transportation and to be connected to the University in a meaningful way.