STEM Transfer Partnership 2.0: Extending Impact Through Enhanced Partnerships
Exploration
This grant supports Community College Research Initiatives at the University of Washington in addressing the shortage of STEM transfer students from low-income backgrounds by enhancing inter-institutional transfer partnerships in Washington state.
Exploring Shortened Academic Terms in California Community Colleges
Exploration
This grant supports the Foundation for California Community Colleges in exploring the implementation of shortened academic terms at scale to improve learner persistence and completion outcomes.
Building Data Collection and Evaluation Capacity for Higher Education in Prisons
Exploration
This grant supports Ithaka Harbors Inc in designing and launching a data collection tool for colleges and departments of correction to streamline the collection and aggregation of high-quality student-level data, building capacity for continuous improvement of postsecondary in prison programs.
Talent Strong Texas Pathways: Student Supports and Belonging HB8 Implementation
Exploration
This grant supports the Texas Success Center in developing and implementing holistic basic needs and support services at Texas community colleges. This statewide initiative aims to help colleges strengthen supports for learners to ensure they complete credential of values in alignment with the state’s new funding model established by House Bill 8.
Building a National Network of First-Generation Data Savvy Institutions
Exploration
This grant supports the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in providing technical assistance to 60 colleges and universities through its Center for First-Generation Student Success. The Center will help institutions develop a definition of first-generation college students and set up data systems to understand how well programs are serving them.
Empowering HBCUs to Expand Higher Education in Prison Programs
Exploration
This grant supports Healthy Routines, a project of Benedict College, in engaging and supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities in South Carolina to establish pathways and expand access to postsecondary education in prison opportunities for incarcerated learners across the state.
Innovations in Proactive Communication and Support for STEM Success
Validation
This grant supports the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University in assessing the impact of a tech-enabled, academic support innovation targeting students’ STEM gateway course success and persistence at Georgia State University.
Putting Community Colleges at the Center of Innovation Economies
Exploration
This grant supports New America in building a cohort of community colleges and districts across 10 regional sites in the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines Program, a national effort authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to strengthen regional economies through innovative new industries. Colleges engaged in this cohort will identify and implement new STEM programs to create greater oppportunities for learners from low-income backgrounds in emerging sectors with strong demand and good wages.
Improving College-Career Transitions: Leveraging Internships and Campus Career Services to Improve Early Career Outcomes
Validation
This grant supports the University of California at Irvine in assessing the effects of college-based career service engagement on learners’ academic and labor market success and to test a tool designed to increase learner participation in those services.
Upper Midwest Collaborative to Address Economic Imperatives
Exploration
This grant supports the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) and the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) in providing technical assistance to community colleges addressing economic development opportunities in the Upper Midwest region. Using a regional collaborative approach, MCCA and OACC will work with national partners to create targeted student success strategies to address workforce needs in the region.