Washington community and technical college consortium for undergraduate research and equity
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 2336652
- Recipient
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Washington State Board For Community & Technical Colleges UEI M6TBHQMKJF28
- Awarding agency
-
Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation
- Obligated
- $1,995,589
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
- Completion date 48% complete
- Funding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Place of performance
- Olympia, WA 98501, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Abstract
- This project aims to serve the national interest by improving the academic engagement of historically underrepresented students in stem fields, enhancing their disciplinary learning, and increasing their likelihood of earning undergraduate degrees. The washington community and technical college consortium for undergraduate research and equity (WA cure) is a level 2 institutional and community transformation iuse project. WA cure is a joint effort by 34 washington state public community and technical colleges to expand the use of course-based undergraduate research experiences (cures). Fifty-eight percent of washington state?s undergraduate students are enrolled at community or technical colleges. Thirty-seven percent of stem majors at these colleges identify with historically underrepresented groups, e.g., students of color, first-generation college students, and non-traditional learners such as working adults. Community and technical colleges report similar institutional barriers to adopting cures, such as a lack of research culture, institutional support, and connections to research infrastructure. Lessons learned from this project aim to generate useful insights for colleges to overcome these barriers to cure adoption. The project?s primary research questions will be: 1) how, and in what way, does participation in a cure learning community affect a faculty member?s pedagogical practice? 2) to what extent do cures, as implemented by participating faculty, affect and potentially close equity gaps across student academic performance, persistence, completion, and transfer? And 3) how, and in what ways, does the college-wide implementation of cures identify and validate promising practices about organizational change, scaling cures at participating colleges, and replicating cures at colleges in other states? These questions will be addressed via three methods: 1) a professional development program to expand implementation of high-quality cures, complemented by a shared, open-access cure curriculum archive; 2) a cure ?institutionalization incubator? ? The WA cure academy ? To cultivate faculty leadership, form strategic action plans, and produce change through cure implementation; and 3) new assessment and research infrastructure to foster a culture of scholarly teaching and research on cures at participating colleges, as well as increase awareness of related research opportunities among these colleges? Students and faculty. The NSF iuse: EDU program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of stem education for all students. Through the institutional and community transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve stem education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities. 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.- subawards are planned for this award.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $1,312,243 | |
| Original award | $683,346 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Whatcom Community College | $20,000 | |
| Tacoma Community College | $20,000 | |
| Lake Washington Institute Of Technology | $19,999 | |
| The Skagit Valley College Foundation | $19,993 | |
| Washington State Community College District 17 | $20,000 | |
| Yakima Valley College | $34,903 | |
| Pierce College | $20,000 | |
| Centralia College | $20,000 | |
| Green River College | $19,998 | |
| Green River College | $41,928 | |
| Green River College | $42,737 | |
| Yakima Valley College | $41,466 | |
| Edmonds College | $42,777 | |
| Yakima Valley College | $31,862 | |
| Green River College | $38,580 | |
| Edmonds College | $38,126 |
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Quick answers
Who received award 2336652?
2336652 was awarded to Washington State Board For Community & Technical Colleges by Division of Undergraduate Education (National Science Foundation) on June 1, 2024.
How much is award 2336652 worth?
$1,995,589 has been obligated on 2336652.
Which agency awarded 2336652?
Division of Undergraduate Education (National Science Foundation) awarded 2336652, with funding from National Science Foundation.
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