The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to North Park University to implement a first-year STEM advising and success program. The project aims to adapt principles from the well-regarded Meyerhoff Scholars model to create an intensive, inclusive first-year program focused on improving outcomes for Hispanic and low-income students interested in STEM fields. Key objectives include reducing equity gaps in gateway STEM courses, improving first- to second-year retention, and increasing the number of students who graduate with a professional placement in a STEM field. The project will study how this adapted approach affects student-level and institutional-level outcomes, and the findings will be disseminated externally through an outward-facing webpage and peer-reviewed publications. No sub-awards are planned for this grant, which has an award date of October 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027.
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