The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Cowley County Community College a $225,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the college's IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS AND RETENTION USING DATA AND INTRUSIVE ADVISING project from October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2025. The project aims to provide intrusive advising and leverage student data to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand opportunities...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $8,799,112 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) for the "COHORT LEARNING PROGRAM". The award commenced on January 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027. The grant supports institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary education...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...
Florida International University (FIU) received a $975,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The two-year award, which runs from January 2023 through December 2025, will support FIU's STUDENT SUCCESS AND COMPLETION AT FIU project. Consistent with FIPSE's goal of supporting institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $418,180 to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to deliver collaborative research and student support services from July 2022 to June 2025. The award aims to improve outcomes for 1,900+ African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four North Carolina institutions through culturally relevant advising, mentoring,...
This $399,481 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve the success and persistence of undergraduate students taking pre-calculus courses at a Hispanic Serving Institution. The project will implement an intervention program that includes exposure to campus resources, attribution retraining, and use of a pedagogical tool called an "exam wrapper" to promote self-reflection. The goal is to increase student...
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 University of Pittsburgh received a $3,516,454 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to support its Partners for Rural Student Success Impact and Mobility (PRSSIM) project. The 4-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, aims to enhance the quality and accessibility of postsecondary education for underserved student populations, with a focus on improving student retention, completion rates, and career...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education provides $275,000 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to support rural outreach partnership programs. The Regents of the University of Colorado receives funding to implement a pre-college program in the San Luis Valley of Colorado for students in grades 10-12. A sub-award of $275,000 is provided to the San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center, Inc. to assign...
This Project Grant award of $344,033 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) was made to the University Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Sacramento State Sponsored Research) at California State University, Sacramento. The project, titled "PROJECT-SOAR: INVESTIGATING STUDENTS' (S) ONLINE SELF-EFFICACY (O), ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A) AND COURSE REDESIGN (R) - BUILDING MY CAPACITY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH", aims to study how student...