The Homebuilding Education Leadership Program (HELP), launched in 2006, establishes closer relationships with institutions of higher education by awarding major seed grants to leading two– and four-year colleges and universities to help them create, expand, or enhance existing residential construction management programs. HELP’s key goal is to increase the number of qualified college graduates entering the residential construction profession and becoming future members of NAHB.
Hire a full-time faculty member to ensure continuity of one of the best construction management programs in the country; Focus on residential construction and increase their NAHB Student Chapters activities and presence on campus
Develop a Land Development Major and Masters Program with an emphasis on the legal, political, environmental, and financial aspects of Land Development.
Create a “Pipeline” from Associates Degree at Cincinnati State towards a career in residential construction management with a BS from Northern Kentucky University. Continue program that teaches college-level construction classes to students at local high schools
Increase recruitment of women and minorities; Create a residential construction concentration; Improve masters program to fill the need of qualified teachers at the collegic level.
Develop a cognitive apprenticeship program that will combine on the job experience with classroom learning to give construction management students hands-on experience that will enhance their classroom instruction.
These schools will partner to achieve the following goals:
Enhance interest in residential construction management among minority and female students.
Strengthen Prairie View’s residential construction management program and NAHB’s competition team.
Have a joint Texas A&M/Prairie View A&M competition team at IBS.
Create a model that can be replicated: One school with a strong Residential Construction program mentoring another school to strengthen and grow their program
Incorporate NAHB University of Housing classes and certification into their Construction Management program.Students will graduate with three NAHB certifications: Certified Green Professional, Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist, and Residential Construction Superintendent.
Can serve as a model program and will mentor other schools interested in incorporating NAHB University of Housing programs into their curriculum.