Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1764 The University of Texas at El Paso (143652)
Principal Investigator: Wiebe,John S
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 3,000,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 10/1/22 - 9/30/27
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Provost and VPAA
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Provost and VPAA
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: MITIGATING THE BURDEN OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON HISPANIC-STUDENT SUCCESS
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CFDA: 84.031S
Program Title: Higher Education_Institutional Aid
Note:
The goals of Mitigating the Burden of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Hispanic-Student Success at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) are to: 1) increase the number of academic departments that engage students in curricular and co-curricular practices grounded in evidence, inclusive teaching, and equitable learning; 2) adopt knowledge- and data-driven approaches to advance departmental student-success goals; and 3) improve student-support structures to include students' academic, social-emotional, and basic needs. If successful, the project's strategic actions are expected to lead to systemic change in teaching and learning, resulting in increased Hispanic-student success. It will further contribute to the knowledge base of how best to support Hispanic students in higher education, especially contributing to the literature on Hispanic servingness and transformational change in higher education. Primary activities include cohort-driven faculty professional development in evidence-based practices using a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens; scale up of UTEP Edge, a research- and evidence-based programmatic approach promoting Hispanic student active involvement in curricular and co-curricular high impact practices, leading to an increase in students' social belonging; departmental involvement in data-informed strategic action to increase student achievement and success; and expansion of holistic student support services to mitigate housing and food insecurities and promote social and emotional health and well-being. Successful implementation of the comprehensive project will increase student success through cohort-driven professional development, data-driven decision making, and expansion of socio-emotional services that will situate UTEP to extend the model to other Hispanic-Serving Institutions facing similar issues to mitigate the effects on higher education of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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