HSI planning project: csun start

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Award ID
2247964
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$399,788

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Completion date
Place of performance
Northridge, CA 91330, USA

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Description

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Abstract
With support from the improving undergraduate stem education: hispanic-serving institutions (HSI program), this track 1 project aims to enhance the quality of first-year experiences among stem transfer students by removing cultural and institutional barriers. Two-year institutions are key entry points to higher education for historically underrepresented and underserved groups such as latinx, low-income, and first-generation college students, particularly in transferring to hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) like california state university, northridge (CSUN) where over half of incoming students are first-time transfers. However, the majority of transfer students who go on to a 4-year institution will experience ?cultural mismatch? Or ?transfer shock? Whereby a shift in cultural norms and values aligned with middle-class contexts will lead to reduced academic belonging, performance and persistence, particularly for students in stem majors. There is an urgent need to identify practices that invite, retain, and support historically underrepresented and underserved stem transfer students undergoing institutional and cultural transition. If unaddressed, undergraduate research and stem workforce participation will remain low among the representative yet often overlooked historically underrepresented and underserved stem transfer student population. The current project aims to (1) redevelop existing stem workshops into bridging summer, first-year transfer experience lab courses (univ 396) and (2) test the effectiveness of culturally responsive lab course modifications relative to control courses in improving student science outcomes and persistence. Results of this project will aid hsis in identifying customizable program elements best suited for aiding first-year transfer students in their transition to university. The HSI program aims to enhance undergraduate stem education and build capacity at hsis. Projects supported by the HSI program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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Original award $399,788

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
LOS Angeles Community College District 1. Meeting with the PI team and partners to align START curricular modifications for STEM transfer students to ease the transition from a 2-year to 4-year. 2.… $40,407
The University Of Mississippi External evaluation activities for the START initiative will be conducted by the Center for Research Evaluation (CERE). CERE is an independent evaluation center… $45,598

Quick answers

Who received award 2247964?

2247964 was awarded to The University Corporation by Division of Human Resource Development (National Science Foundation) on May 2, 2023.

How much is award 2247964 worth?

$399,788 has been obligated on 2247964.

Which agency awarded 2247964?

Division of Human Resource Development (National Science Foundation) awarded 2247964, with funding from National Science Foundation.

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