The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $201,326 Project Grant to Valencia College under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant aims to increase opportunities for success for STEM students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) by transforming assessments and instruction in five large introductory STEM courses. Key project activities include: Developing exams using generative AI technology to provide flexible testing time, multiple attempts, and increased sharing between...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to develop and evaluate an empirically-defensible model for increasing STEM persistence and graduation rates among underrepresented students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the $500,000 award made to Our Lady of the Lake University on January 1, 2023 will support redesigning the institution's College Algebra course into three...
This $1.97 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research and activities to improve student success in gateway mathematics courses at community colleges. The University of California Irvine leads a research partnership with the Virginia Community College System and University of Delaware to study Virginia's comprehensive reform initiative for underprepared students. This includes identifying students needing support,...
The Los Angeles Community College District, doing business as La Valley College, was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to create pathways to increase retention and transfer rates of STEM majors at two Los Angeles-based Hispanic Serving Institutions. The three-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2024, will support the development and implementation of programs, services, and...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to develop instructional practices that increase participation and completion of STEM degrees at LaGuardia Community College. The $530,002 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support a cohort-based faculty development model that incorporates leadership training and data coaching to address equity and persistence issues in introductory...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,414,276 project grant to Florida State College at Jacksonville under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support the STEM SUCCESS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT AND SERVICE (S-5) project from December 2021 through November 2027. The S-5 project aims to provide leadership and ensure the vitality of the Nation's STEM education enterprise through scholarships, support services, and community engagement initiatives. Specifically, the...
This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Saddleback College in cultivating talent for STEM fields through scholarships and academic support services. Over the six-year period from October 2022 to September 2028, the college will provide $75 unique students pursuing associate's or transfer degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, and physics with two-to-three-year...
This $388,623 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) grant awarded to Millsaps College aims to establish evidence-based classroom practices that promote active learning in undergraduate Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics courses. The project will investigate how classroom architecture influences the shift from a passive, instructor-centered learning environment to an active, student-centered approach. Millsaps College will work with STEM instructors to incorporate and...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076), supports a meta-analysis of prior research on personalized adaptive learning (PAL) in undergraduate mathematics courses. The University of Central Florida will conduct a comprehensive literature review and synthesize findings across single studies using quantitative statistics to compute an...
This $999,957 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative effort between the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and South Texas College (STC) to enhance student success and persistence in calculus courses at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project aims to improve pass and persistence rates in Calculus I and II, shorten the time to complete the calculus sequence, and increase student...