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HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

(84.031S)

### PROJECT ABSTRACTS FOR FY 2001 GRANTEES

As of: 03/14/02

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#### INDEX

####### Introduction ........................................................................\...\... 5 

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##### DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

###### Arizona

Cochise College
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Estrella Mountain Community College
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####### California

Cal State LA - University of Auxiliary Services
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Fullerton College
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Modesto Junior College
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Mount St. Mary's College
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National Hispanic University
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Pacific Oaks College
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Palo Verde Community College
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Reedley College
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San Diego State University Foundation
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Santa Anna College
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Southwestern College
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Ventura College
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Woodbury University
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####### Colorado

###### Otero Junior College ..........................................\...\...\.............\...\............ 21

####### Florida

Miami-Dade Community College-Inter American
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Miami-Dade Community College-Kendall
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####### Illinois

Morton College
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####### Kansas

######## Donnelly College ............................................................................ 25

####### New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico University
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###### University of New Mexico-Taos ................................................\............ 27

Western New Mexico University
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####### New York

College of Aeronautics
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John Jay College
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####### Puerto Rico

American University of Puerto Rico
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######## Bayamón Central University .........................................................\......... 33

Colegio Universitario Del Este
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Inter American University of Puerto
Rico-Bayamón...................................\... 35

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus
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Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
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University of Puerto Rico/Aguadilla
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University of Puerto Rico/Arecibo College
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University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences
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######## **Texas** 

Brazosport College
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Mountain View College
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Northwest Vista College
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Odessa College
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San Antonio College
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South Texas Community College
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Southwest Texas Junior College
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St. Edward's University Inc.
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Texas A & M International University
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####### COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANTS

###### California

California State University-San Bernardino
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Glendale Community College
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Los Angeles College
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53

###### New Mexico

######## Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell ...........................\............................ 54

####### New York 

###### La Guardia Community College ......................................................\...\.......... 55

**CROSS REFERENCES -- WHO'S DOING WHAT NETWORK LIST** .............. 56

INTRODUCTION

The Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program was
introduced into the Higher Education Act, as amended, in 1998 under a
new Title V and was created to address the growing need for federal
assistance to eligible HSIs to expand their capacity to serve Hispanic
and low-income students. This goal is to achieved through the expansion
of educational opportunities, improving academic attainment, and
expanding and enhancing academic offerings for Hispanic and low-income
students to enable them to complete postsecondary education. Since 1998,
the appropriation for the HSI program has increased dramatically from
\$12 million in 1995 under Title III to \$68.5 million in FY 2001 with a
projected increase to \$86 million in FY 2002. The HSI program has three
types of grants:

-   Planning grant is a one-year grant award for the purpose of
    preparation of plans and applications for a grant under the HSI
    program.

-   Development grant is a five-year grant award to assist HSIs in
    carrying out its comprehensive development plan to strengthen the
    institution's program to improve and expand its capacity to serve
    Hispanic students and other low-income students.

-   Cooperative Arrangements is a five-year grant award to encourage
    cooperative arrangements between an eligible HSI and other
    institutions in a combined effort to serve Hispanic students and
    other low-income students and to enhance the development of HSIs.

Funds for the HSI program may be used for activities such as the
renovation of instructional facilities, faculty development, the
purchase of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes,
funds for administrative management, development and improvement of
academic programs, acquisition of equipment to strengthen funds
management and academic program, joint use of facilities, academic
tutoring, counseling programs, and support services.

The HSI program is the only discretionary grant program under the U. S.
Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education that
provides federal funds to strengthen institutions that serve Hispanic
students and other low-income students. More information about the HSI
program is available on the Department's web-site
www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/idues/hsi.html.

DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Cochise College

4190 West State Highway 80

Douglas, AZ 85607

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Dr. Janet Bernal (520) 417-4019

Email: marjanet@cochise.cc.az.us

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$417,719

Total Student FTE: 2,871

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 28%

Founded in 1962, Cochise College is a public comprehensive college which
serves a diverse rural community. The main focus of the activity funded
under this HSI grant award is focused on the creation of a connected
system of pathways for students to gain the skills and behaviors needed
to succeed in the world.

-   Increase Overall Student Retention and Degree Attainment. The
    project will establish Learning Communities to improve student
    learning and student retention. The Learning Communities will be
    implemented in an array of English, Math, Computer Science, and
    Humanities courses.

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-   Increase Student Learning and Success by Integrating Web-Based
    Skills. The college will develop a Technology Academy to support and
    train faculty in incorporating web-based technology into existing
    courses.

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-   Increase Student Success through Access to Academic and Career
    Information. The institution will develop and pilot an on-line
    student support system to facilitate student tracking and advising.
    The services to be provided on-line include a bilingual orientation,
    placement testing, early warning and intervention tools, and
    academic/career advising.

Estrella Mountain Community College

3000 North Dysart Road

Avondale, AZ 85323

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Dr. Ernie Lara (623) 935-8812

Email: ernie.lara@emcmail.maricopa.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$449,387

Total Student FTE:1,992

Total Hispanic Student FTE:29.8%

Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) is located in West Phoenix
and was founded in 1990.This two-year public institution received
separate accreditation in 1997 and is affiliated with Maricopa County
Community College District.

-   Improving Student Success. The college aims to increase students
    persistence and completion by implementing a comprehensive plan that
    includes: the enhancement of Learning Support Services; the
    restructuring of Gatekeeper courses; the implementation of Pathway
    Programs (High SchoolCommunity CollegeUniversity) and Summer Bridge
    Program for students; faculty and staff development; increasing
    library resources; and endowment building.

Cal State LA - University Auxiliary Services, Inc.

5151 State University Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90032

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Alfredo Gonzalez (323) 343-3830

Email: alfredo@cslanet.calstatela.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$415,842

Total Student FTE:14,686

Total Hispanic Student FTE:52.2%

Cal State LA is the federally designated Title III and HSI institution
and was the first four-year public institution in the State to be a full
member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. The
University is arranged into six colleges and house 50 academic
departments and divisions, including: the College of Arts and Letters,
Business and Economics, Engineering and Technology, Health and Human
Services, and Natural and Social Sciences, as well as the Charter
College of Education.

-   Enhancing the Transition Experience for Hispanic and Low-income
    Transfer Students -- This activity is composed of three
    sub-activities and is designed to promote institutional self
    sufficiency by removing institutional weaknesses in dealing with
    transfer student retention:

1.  Transfer Advisement - To provide faculty with the knowledge and
    skills needed for effective and culturally sensitive advising of
    Hispanic and low-income students;

2.  Early Intervention Program - To identify Hispanic and low-income
    transfer students who are at risks during the first and subsequent
    quarters; and

3.  Electronic Data Interface System - To assist with electronic
    transfer of transcripts, facilitating articulation and advisement.

Fullerton College

North Orange County Community College District

1000 North Lemon Street

Fullerton, CA 92832

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Susan Clifford (714) 992-7023

Email: sclifford@fullcoll.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$435,741

Total Student FTE: 6,380

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 30.9%

Fullerton College is the states oldest continuously operating college
and has an enrollment of 19,862 in the Fall of 2000. This institution is
faced with unprecedented population surges that are projected to
increase the number of low-income, under-prepared, and at-risk students.

-   Closing Institutional Gaps to Increase Hispanic Student Retention
    and Success - This activity is designed to address the major gaps
    preventing institutional effectiveness:

1.  Focused Academic Improvement Through the Development of "Learning
    Communities".

2.  Strengthening Student Information Systems for Institutional
    Effectiveness.

3.  Strengthening Faculty and Staff Development Through Development of a
    Teaching Effectiveness Center.

4.  Closing the Gap by developing the capability of the Fullerton
    College Foundation to create an Endowment Fund.

Modesto Junior College

435 College Avenue

Modesto, CA 95350-5800

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Odessa Johnson (209) 575-6961

Email: conners@yosemite.cc.ca.us

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$386,057

Total Student FTE: 15,267

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:26%

Modesto Junior College is a two-year accredited institution and one of
two colleges in the Yosemite Community College District. This
institution has two campuses in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California
and serves approximately 15,178 students

-   Center for Learning Assistance Across the Curriculum. This activity
    is designed to redefine traditional learning assistance practices by
    adopting a new organizational structure and creating innovative
    programs that address student academic and affective needs across
    the curriculum. This will be accomplished by:

1.  Assisting students to acquire the skills needed to be successful in
    college;

2.  Assisting students in activities that increase the number of
    transfer ready students through customized learning modules, study
    group curricula, mentoring and, tutoring; and

3.  Develop and implement activities that will decrease cultural
    barriers, increase leadership skills and provide multicultural
    education and training.

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Mount St. Mary's College

12001 Chalon Road

Los Angeles, CA 90049-1599

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Lawrence Smith (310) 954-4018

Email: lsmith@msmc.la.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount:\$425,415

Total Student FTE: 1,652

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 38%

Located in Los Angeles, California, Mount St. Mary's College was founded
by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1925. The college operates
on two main campuses: the Doheny campus, in central Los Angeles and the
Chalon Campus in west Los Angeles and is accredited by the Accrediting
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges. Two and four year degrees are
offered with some master's degree programs.

-   Improving Access and Success for Hispanic Students. This activity is
    comprised of two sub-components and is designed to transform the
    current curriculum campus-wide and support newly-energized
    instruction with a coordinated system of student support that assist
    students through each academic year's transition and prepares them
    for the next year.

1.  Increase Faculty Skills in New Technology and Hispanic Cultural
    Awareness -- This component will design and deliver faculty
    professional development in the new technology and Hispanic issues
    in education; and

2.  Increase Hispanic Student Retention and Success -- This component
    will increase: 1) student cohort's persistence; 2) senior student
    cohort's graduation and plans for graduate schools; 3) high school
    outreach group juniors/seniors' plans for graduate school; 4)
    student satisfaction with portfolios; and 5) student satisfaction
    with Transition Centers.

National Hispanic University

14271 Story Road

San Jose, CA 95127

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Marco Cruz (408) 273-2759

Email: mcruz@nhu.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$425,415

Total Student FTE: 302

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:82%

The National Hispanic University is a four-year private Liberal Arts
institution with an emphasis on Business, Computer Technology, and
Teacher Education. NHU was established in 1981 to provide higher
education programs to Hispanics and other individuals seeking a
multi-educational experience.

-   Improve Retention and Graduation of Under-prepared Students Through
    a Comprehensive University Central Student Academic assistance
    Center for Writing, English Language Development, Math and Computer
    Literacy - Increase the retention and graduation rates of
    under-prepared students while increasing their academic and
    technological skills.

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-   Improve Library Holdings and Technology Training of Faculty and
    Students - To increase the use of the expanded library by students
    and increase faculty use of technology-across-the-curriculum through
    a faculty develop program.

Pacific Oaks College

5 Westmoreland Place

Pasadena, CA 91103

Type/Control:Private/4 Year

Project Director: Fiona Stewart (626) 432-5565

Email: fstewart@pacificoaks.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$412,250

Total Student FTE: 468

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 26.4%

Pacific Oaks College is a private four-year Hispanic serving institution
located in Southern California. It's main focus is on education
non-traditional students that work with children and families.

-   Closing the Institutional Gaps that Affect the Success of Hispanic
    Students - Through the use of a collaborative analysis, this
    activity addresses institutional weaknesses which impede the College
    from effectively serving students.

1.  Strengthen and Extend Quality Academic Cohort Programs.

2.  Develop Integrated, Technology-Based, Culturally Sensitive Student
    Learning and Career Support Models.

3.  Strengthen Information Systems for Institutional Effectiveness in
    Serving Hispanic Students.

4.  Close the Funding Gap by Increasing the Institution's Endowment
    Program.

Palo Verde Community College

811 W. Chanslorway

Blythe, CA 92225

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Robert Lopez (760) 921-5367

Email: rlopez@paloverde.cc.ca.us

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$403,861

Total Student FTE: 742

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 31%

Palo Verde Community College was founded in 1947 and is operated by a
publicly and locally elected Board of Trustees with oversight provided
by a state Board of Governors for the Community Colleges. The
institution is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community
and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
and is a member of the California Association of Community Colleges and
Junior Colleges, and the American Association of Community and Junior
Colleges. In meeting its mission, the college offers twenty-nine degrees
in: humanities and fine arts, natural science and mathematics, social
and behavior sciences, general studies, and occupational programs.

Enhancing the Transition of Experience for Hispanic and Low-income
Transfer Students - This activity is composed of three sub-components
and is designed to promote institutional self-sufficiency by removing
institutional weaknesses in dealing with transfer student retention.

-   Transfer Advisement - This sub-activity will provide faculty with
    the knowledge and skills needed for effective and culturally
    sensitive advising of Hispanic and low-income students. Faculty and
    graduated students will provide academic advisement both at the
    University and at three local area community colleges.

-   Early Intervention Program - This sup-activity is designed to
    identify Hispanic and low-income transfer students who are at risk
    during the first and subsequent quarters.

-   Electronic Data Interface (EDI) - This sub-activity is designed to
    assist with the electronic transfer of transcripts, facilitating
    articulation and advisement.

Reedley College

995 N. Reed Street

Reedley, CA 93654

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: William Baker (559) 244-5980

Email: bill.baker@scccd.com

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$441,373

Total Student FTE: 2,914

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 41.1%

Accredited in 1946, Reedley College is a 2-year community college and is
governed by the State Center Community College District Board of
Trustees.Reedley college is organized into nine department: 1)Business;
2) Fine Arts and Social Behavioral Sciences; 3) Composition and
Literature;

4\) Counseling and Guidance; 5) Industrial Technology; 6) Agriculture
and Natural Resources; 7) Physical Education and Health; 8) Math,
Science, and Engineering; and 9) Reading, Speech and Foreign Languages.
Each department offers certificates of completion, certificates of
achievement, associate degrees, and transfer programs.

-   Strategies To Improve Retention and Success of Students - This
    activity is designed to provide a continuous support mechanism for
    Hispanic and low-income students. It prepares students with
    college-style learning, provides on-going re-enforcement of
    personnel and focus, and draws students together in guided
    supportive communities of learning.

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-   Strengthening Student Success in Math and Science at the Medera
    Center-.This activity is designed to improve the success of students
    in mathematics at the Medera Center. Laboratory programs will be
    established and materials common to the instruction of mathematics
    and basic science will be utilized.

San Diego State University Foundation

5250 Campanile Drive

San Diego, CA 92182-1931

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Khosrow Fatemi (760) 768-5520

Email: fatemi@mail.sdsu.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$422,670

Total Student FTE: 549

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 81%

Founded in 1959, the Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State
University was established by an act of the legislature as a part of the
California State University system. The Campus provides the following
types of upper-division, undergraduate curriculum: 1) Bachelor of Arts
in Spanish, English, history, psychology, social sciences, and Latin
American Studies; 2) Applied Arts and Sciences (B. A./B. S.) in criminal
justice, international business, business administration/agribusiness,
and public administration; and 3) Professional Curricula in teacher
education leading to graduate credentials at the elementary and
secondary level of public school teaching, plus rotating mater's
programs in education and public administration.

-   Curriculum Development - This activity is designed to foster the
    student's academic achievement through new courses in academic ESL,
    mathematics, sciences, writing, and speech.

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-   Faculty Development - Trains faculty to utilize instructional
    technology, active learning and student-centered pedagogy helpful to
    native Spanish speaking students.

Santa Ana College

1530 West 17^th^ Street

Santa Ana, CA 92706-3398

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: John Nixon (714) 564-6086

Email: nixon_john@rsccd.org

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$412,913

Total Student FTE: 15,241

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 44%

Established in 1949, Santa Ana College is the fourth oldest two-year
public institution in California. The College prepares students for
transfer, employment, and careers and has three comprehensive programs
of study:

1)  Lower Division Transfer and Occupational and Technical Curricula
    which offers over 150 majors leading to associate degree and
    transfer, and over 75 occupational programs leading to certificates
    of completion;

2)  Basis Skills Development which offers developmental
    pre-collegiate/basic skills instruction, English as a Second
    Language (ESL) and support services; and

3)  Adult Non-credit Program which offers competency-based non-credit
    classes in nine State mandated areas which include ESL citizenship,
    high school subjects and GED preparation, workplace development,
    older adult programs transition to college programs, and
    parenting/family literacy.

-   Comprehensive Faculty and Staff development to Improve and Expand
    Basic Skills Programs and Transfer Courses to Increase Hispanic and
    Low-income Students' Academic Success -- This activity has five
    components designed to: 1) Implement a plan to involve tutors
    throughout the course of the grant to address the diverse learning
    styles of students at all skill levels of ESL, English, reading and
    math; 2) revising College Algebra and Math for Liberal Arts
    Students, two gateway courses.

Southwestern College

900 Otay Lakes Road

Chula Vista, CA 91910-7299

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: Greg Sandoval (619) 482-6347

Email: gsandoval@swc.cc.ca.us

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$368,065

Total Student FTE: 7,054

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 55.3%

Southwester College is a two-year community college located in Chula
Vista, California with a student body of approximately 81% minority. In
addition to the main campus, the college also operates two satellite
centers, one located in National City (northwest of main campus) and the
San Ysidro campus (southwest of the main campus). Its educational
mission is to provide lower division transfer courses, vocational and
career education, and basis skills education to prepare students to
succeed in college. SWC offers courses leading to the Associate or Arts
and Associate in Science degrees as well as certificates within
vocational education.

-   Faculty and Curriculum Development to Improve Student Learning
    Outcomes - This activity is designed to address the educational
    challenges at SWC concerning curriculum that require infusion of
    classroom technology, cultural diversity and learning strategies, an
    instructional/academic support services. This activity also converts
    single discipline laboratories into multi-disciplinary laboratories
    with appropriate software.

Ventura College

4667 Telegraph Road

Ventura, CA 93003-3899

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Gary Van Meter (805) 648-8944

Email: gvanmeter@vcccd.net

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$428,750

Total Student FTE: 7,083

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 31%

Founded in 1925, Ventura College is one of three public, two-year
colleges in the Ventura County Community District and is accredited by
the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Academic programs
offered include natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences,
humanity's language studies, health and physical education, and
ethnic/women's studies. A wide variety of vocational/technical courses
are also available including architecture, automotive technology,
biotechnology, business information systems, computer information
systems, construction technology, fashion design, landscape
horticulture, medical assistant, nursing, machine technology,
multimedia, and many others. Both degrees and certificates are offered.

-   Increasing Enrollment, Graduation, and Transfer of Hispanic Students
    This activity has two components:

1)  To improve student success in "Gateway" courses and services by
    targeting with high rates of failure and withdrawal that are
    gateways to degrees and certificates and through implementation of
    innovative methods, increase the success rate in basic skills,
    introductory college level science, and college algebra.

2)  To provide new programs and services that will increase access to\
    the College's library and learning resource materials.

Woodbury University

7500 Glenoaks Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91510-7846

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Phyllis Cremer (818) 767-0888, ext. 314

Email: phyllis.cremer@woodbury.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: 417,147

Total Student FTE: 870

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 27%

Founded in 1884, Woodbury University is one of only three private,
four-year Hispanic Serving Institutions in Southern California, and the
only one offering a curriculum focused on professional education.
Woodbury is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges and is a member of the Hispanic association for Colleges and
Universities (HACU).

-   "Pathways to the Professions" - This activity has three components
    is designed to utilize existing educational practices and improve
    them through the addition of new strategies, them combine them into
    a comprehensive, coordinated program of academic support.

1.  Entry-Level Instruction for Student Success -- To increase retention
    and pass rates in basic skills and foundation courses through the
    creation of a centralized basic skills program and integration of
    supplemental instruction into college-level curriculum;

2.  Student Information for Student Success -- To increase accessibility
    and accuracy of student information for tracking, advising , and
    support through development of an integrated Student Information
    System;

3.  Advanced Technology for Student Success -- To increase efficiency
    and effectiveness of instruction and student support services
    through development of alternative instructional delivery methods
    and student access to information and on-line support.

Otero Junior College

1802 Colorado Avenue

La Junta, CO 81050

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: L. Patrick Malott (719) 384-6823

Email: pat.malott@ojc.ccces.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount:\$396,199

Total Student FTE: 998

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 31%

Otero Junior College is a public, Hispanic-serving two year degree
college. This institution services an area over 3,500 square miles in
Otero, Bent, and Crowley Counties located in southeastern Colorado. This
area is amount the most economically depressed in Colorado with and
average annual income for Otero,Bent, and Crowley Counties ranking
48^th^, 58^th^ and 60^th^ respectively out of a total of 63 counties in
Colorado.

-   Enhancing Student Success - Expanding student services to enhance
    collaboration with local school districts, initiating a career
    counseling program, expanding tutoring efforts, mentoring for
    potential and current enrollees, and general public awareness of the
    benefits and opportunities of higher education are the primary
    components of this activity.

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-   Academic Support - This activity is designed to provide faculty and
    staff with technological techniques in delivering instruction in the
    classroom. This includes curriculum development, enhancing distance
    learning capabilities and the development of instructional web
    sites.

Miami-Dade Community College-Inter American Campus

627 West 27^th^ Avenue

Miami, FL 33135-2966

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: David Rafky (305) 237-6186

Email: drafky@mdcc.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$ 387,914

Total Student FTE: 2,297

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 97%

Established in 1972, Miami-Dade Community College, Inter America Campus
accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to
offer the Associate degree, occupational certificates, and non-credit
courses. Offerings include A.A. programs transferable to four-year
institutions of higher learning, Vocational Certificate, Colleges Credit
Certificate, College Preparation-Credit, Community Education-Non-credit,
and Distances Education-Credit. The five activities are designed to
improve student retention "across the board" and remove academic
"bottlenecks" to student success.

-   Student One-stop Services -- Provides additional learning support
    services (tutoring, computer assisted instruction, etc.) along with
    intensive coordinating , tracking and follow-up or services.

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-   Technology -- To promote active learning and creating knowledge
    through infusing technology seamlessly into the curriculum.

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-   Outreach -- To promote service learning and volunteerism through
    tutoring and assisting secondary students before they apply to
    college in order to improve their chances of successful enrollment.

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-   Diversity -- To promote student awareness in learning about other
    cultures. Also includes the recruiting Haitian American faculty and
    retaining newly recruited Haitian students.

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-   Research -- To conduct "customized" research base on sample surveys
    of student and faculty and developing a computerized system of
    tracking student services.

Miami-Dade Community College-Kendall Campus

11011 S. W. 104^th^ Street

Miami, FL 33176-3393

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: Wasim Shomar (305) 237-2169

Email: wshomar@mdcc.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$354,238

Total Student FTE: 13,047

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:75%

Founded in 1967, Miami-Dade Community College, Kendall Campus is funded
by the State and governed by the College President, who responds to the
District Board of Trustees. The College offers an Associate in Arts
degree in 78 disciplines, an Associate in Science degree in 41 areas,
and 48 vocational certificate programs as well as other non-credit
courses and programs. In order to earn an Associates degree, candidates
must pas the College-Level- Academic Skills test (CLAST), a statewide
examination used to measure achievement in math, reading, and English
language skills.

-   Creating a Culture of Success in Science, Math and Engineering --
    This activity is designed to enhance instructional and academic
    support for Hispanic students in engineering, mathematics and
    science courses to improve student success and increase retention
    through mechanisms that include intensive development and
    professional training for the inclusion of supplemental instruction
    and learning community strategies in the pedagogical and academic
    support realms as well as involving employers in business and
    industry for career discovery, improved motivation for retention,
    internships, curriculum enhancement, and placement of students who
    complete their program of study.

Morton College District 527

3801 South College District 527

Cicero, IL 60804

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Robert Ericson (708) 656-8000

Email: Ericsonr@morton.cc.il.us

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$403,529

Total Student FTE: 1,547

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 62.8%

Morton College was founded in 1924 and is the second oldest community
college in Illinois. This project is designed to accomplish the goals of
the Comprehensive Development Plan in a single integrated objective.

-   College Transformation: Increasing Student Success and Reducing
    Barriers - This activity has a wide-range plan designed to transform
    their curriculum by infusing technology and piloting a cultural
    approach to teaching that will result in increased student retention
    and persistence. This activity contains the following components:

1.  Hispanic Cultural Literacy - College personnel will hold Hispanic
    cultural literacy workshops and Spanish language courses for the
    faculty and staff to raise awareness and improve academic
    curriculum.

2.  Technology - The project will provide training and support to
    faculty to integrate technology into the curriculum, thereby
    improving student access to technological learning.

3.  Student Support - A common location will be established for all
    student services as well as the development of new programs to
    promote successful college composition.

4.  Academic Pipeline - This component will forge a working relationship
    between all major sectors of the K-16 pipeline.

Donnelly College

608 N. 18^th^ Street

Kansas City, KS 66102

Type/Control: Private/2 Year

Project Director: Frances Sanders (621-8716)

Email: sander@donnelly.cc.ks.us

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$390,692

Total Student FTE: 396

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 26%

Donnelly College is a two-year private college that was founded in 1949
and is located in the urban core of Kansas City. The college serves a
62% minority population from a federally designated Enterprise Community
and the surrounding inner city communities. The project has one activity
which is designed to:

-   Transform Student Success through Improvement of Instruction,
    Student Information and Technology Usage - The college will
    integrate new approaches to student success that provide new
    strategies and capabilities for the institution. The activity
    contains the following components:

1.  Success through Entry-Level Instruction - The college will increase
    pass rates and retention in introductory courses by creating a
    centralized developmental studies program and integrating
    supplemental instruction into the college-level curriculum.

2.  Success through Student Information - Increasing accessibility and
    accuracy of student information for tracking, advising, and support
    through development of integrated Student Information and Financial
    Aid Information System modules.

3.  Success through Advanced Technology - Increasing efficiency and
    effectiveness of instruction and student support services through
    development of alternative instructional delivery methods and
    student access to information and on-line support.

Eastern New Mexico University

Station 2

Portales, NM 88130

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Dr. Patrice Caldwell (505) 562-2315

Email: Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$218,657

Total Student FTE: 2,606

Percent Hispanic Student FTY: 28%

Eastern New Mexico University is a multi-campus regional state
university governed by its Board of Regents and was founded in 1934. It
is located on the eastern high plains of rural New Mexico. It also has
an instructional center in Ruidoso, New Mexico and a branch campus in
Roswell, New Mexico.

-   Summer Program for Hispanic and Other Low-Income Students - This
    summer program is designed to improve student success in their first
    year of college by familiarizing them with college-level coursework,
    campus life and services, and building college readiness skills.

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-   Innovative Pedagogy for Development of Mathematics - To improve
    students success in first-year college math courses, the
    developmental curriculum will be revised, student assistants will be
    trained as peer coaches, and faculty will receive professional
    development in order to enhance student success in this gatekeeper
    course.

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-   A Spanish Language Radio Outreach - To improve community and
    pre-college students' awareness of higher education access by
    providing Spanish Language radio programs showcasing successful role
    models in the state and region, advice for college academic,
    financial and emotional readiness, and other college preparation
    tips.

University of New Mexico-Taos

115 Civic Plaza Drive

Taos, NM 87571

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Wynn Goering (505) 758-7667

Email: wgoering@unm.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount:\$402,177

Total Student FTE:294

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:63.7%

The University of New Mexico-Taos, Taos, NM is a 2-year public
institution located in north-central NM and was established in 1993 as a
branch affiliate of the University of New Mexico.

-   **Student Academic Success -** Improving student persistence and
    success through an early alert system, student advising and a Center
    for Academic Development.

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-   **Information Literacy/Learning Resource Center Development**
    Improving student performance through increased access to
    information resources and to information literacy instruction.

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-   **Faculty Development -** Improving faculty competence in the use of
    instructional methodologies and technologies and improved student
    satisfaction with faculty instruction and academic advising.

Western New Mexico University

1000 College Avenue

P. O. Box 680

Silver City, New Mexico 88061

Type/Control:Public/4 Year

Project Director: Faye Vowell (505) 528-6317

Email: vowellf@pyrite.wnmu.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount:\$384,370

Total Student FTE:1,533

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:43%

Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM is located in
southwestern New Mexico. WNMU was founded in 1893 and is a 4-year public
and masters level university.

-   **Faculty and staff development to improve student learning and
    retention by creating learning communities within a learning
    organization -** This activity will increase the academic
    achievement and retention rates of freshman students through two
    components:

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-   **First Year Experience -** This component consist of Freshman
    Seminars, developmental learning communities, peer leaders, and the
    involvement of Hispanic business leaders as mentors and role models.

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-   **Comprehensive Professional Development -** The project will
    provide institutional staff with training and professional
    development in academic inclusiveness, instructional delivery, and
    the use of technology in the classroom.

College of Aeronautics

86-01 23^rd^ Avenue

Flushing, NY 11369-8475

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Janet DeSimone (718) 429-6600

Email: JanetS@aero.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$422,869

Total Student FTE: 1,138

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 38%

The College of Aeronautics is a private, four-year, technical-based
college committed to providing its students with the education and
skills in aeronautical and aerospace careers. The College is located in
Queens, New York and is one of the most densely populated and diverse
communities in the nation. Typically, students are first generation,
low-income, employed full or part-time and often have significant
deficits in key academic skills areas, and are often unfamiliar with the
culture of academia.

-   Improvement of Academic Programs by Establishing a Center for
    Instructional and Technological Innovation - This activity is
    designed to strengthen all academic programs, and lead to
    significant increases in retention of academically at-risk students,
    in the number of faculty committed to, trained in, and actively
    engaged in instructional innovation.

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-   Integration of Support Services to Strengthen Student Success - This
    activity is designed to improve the institution's retention methods
    by developing systemic and comprehensive services, including
    academic advisement and developmental studies courses, increasing
    the number of students who are provided support services, and
    learning assistance to overcome academic deficiencies.

John Jay College

899 Tenth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-1069

Type/Control:Public/4 Year

Project Director: Lawrence Kobilinsky (212) 237-8884

Email: Lkobilinsky@jjay.cuny.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount:\$417,727

Total Student FTE: 7,300

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 38.3%

John Jay College is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York
City. Founded in 1965, John Jay is a public four-year institution in the
City University of New York system. Offerings include the Bachelor of
Arts and the Bachelor of Science in majors that focus on: criminal
justice, police studies, correctional studies, criminal justice
administration, criminology, deviant behavior, government, judicial
studies, public administration, legal studies, fire science, forensic
psychology, forensic science and public administration. The College also
offers five master's degree programs in Criminal Justice, Forensic
Psychology, Public Administration, Science, and Protection Management.

-   To Strengthen the College's Capacity to Retain and Graduate Hispanic
    Students by Developing New Instructional On-line Materials and
    Expanding Its Current ESL Resource Center - This activity has four
    components: 1) To improve the ESL Resource Center's capacity to
    improve the writing skills of Hispanics, and non-native speaking
    student through the creation and the development of an E-tutorial
    help desk program that complements its current one-on-one tutorial
    program; 2) To increase the ESL Resource Center's capacity to
    improve the writing skills of Hispanic students through the creation
    and development of an on-line language sensitive materials in 3
    disciplines; 3) To enhance the College's capacity to increase
    Hispanic students' pass rates in CPE and ACT CUNY proficiency exams
    with the creation of on-line materials; and 4) To increase the
    College's capacity to enable faculty to refer Hispanic students to
    the ESL Resource Center.

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-   To Strengthen the Capacity for Increased Retention and Graduation
    Rates in the College's Science Programs Through the Development of
    an Instructional Technology Resource Lab and the Incorporation of
    State-of-the-art Instrumentation for Curricular enhancement and
    improved Faculty/Student Mentoring. This activity has two
    components: 1) To significantly increase student success and
    retention in the College's science courses by developing a Science
    Instructional Technology Resource Lab; and 2) To significantly
    increase the capacity to mentor and graduate students from the
    College's Science Programs by incorporating state-of-the-art science
    instrumentation for upgrading curricula and increasing student
    research training.

American University of Puerto Rico

Box 2037

Bayamon, PR

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Nicholas Silva (787) 798-2040

Email: nicksilva@excite.com

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$446,702

Total Student FTE: 3,007

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 99%

American University of Puerto Rico is a non-profit, non-sectarian,
four-year private institution serving north central Puerto Rico.

-   **Library Development and Information Literacy.** Strengthening the
    University's library infrastructure through new and efficient
    informational technologies useful to managing information resources
    and developing information literacy.

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-   **Improving Core Curriculum and Learning Facilities. S**trengthening
    the curricula with technology-based instructional methodologies,
    designed to contribute significantly to teaching effectiveness and
    learning outcomes by the incorporation of multimedia classrooms.

Bayamón Central University

P. O. Box k1725

Bayamón, PR 00960-1725

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Angel Berrios (787) 786-3030, ext. 2040

Email: aberrios@ucb.edu.pr

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$431,255

Total Student FTE: 2,711

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 100%

Bayamón Central University is the oldest of four universities in the
City of Bayamón. It is a private, non-profit, liberal arts institution
and was originally founded in 1961 as a branch of the Catholic
University of Puerto Rico. In August of 1970, the university became
independent and expanded to become a four-year university.

-   Strengthen Institutional Management - To develop and strengthen the
    university's capability to conduct macro and micro institutional
    research using an interactive web-site configured as a portal to
    facilitate the process.

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-   Academic Research - To utilize academic research techniques in the
    classroom to strengthen student learning skills and improve faculty
    teaching skills. These research activities will be carried out in
    the environment of a Journalism Resource Center.

Colegio Universitario Del Este

P. O. Box 2010

Carolina, PR 00984

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Sandra Mirabal (787) 257-7373

Email: ue_smirabal@suagm.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$362,142

Total Student FTE: 6,944

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 100%

Colegio Universitario del Este is a 4-year private college in Carolina,
PR that enrolls 7,555 credit and non-credit students annually.

-   **Increase Student Academic Success and Retention through
    Teaching-Learning Communities and Faculty Development -** The
    project will maximize student success through the implementation of
    the following components:

1.  **Revision and Implementation of Twenty General Education Courses**
    Establish learning communities to raise the level of critical
    thinking skills, communications skills, quantitative/scientific
    reasoning, information literacy and information technology skills.

2.  **Retrofit Fifty-six classrooms as e-classrooms -** Computerize
    classrooms with on-line access to the network and web-based
    instructional resources.

3.  **Establish a Teaching and Learning Resources Center (TLRC) -** The
    school will develop a facility that will model the learning
    community instructional approach as well as provide technical
    assistance to the faculty engaged in curriculum development.

4.  **Increase the Knowledge of the Faculty -** Faculty training in
    learning methodologies, communication skills, information literacy
    and the incorporation of educational technology into their teaching
    methods.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamón

P. O. Box 363255

San Juan, PR 00936

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Teresa Cruz (787) 279-1912

Email: tcruz@bc.inter.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$434,391

Total Student FTE: 4,888

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:100%

The Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamón is a four-year
private, non-profit Hispanic-serving degree college in north-central
Puerto Rico. This is mostly an suburban and rural area in which
approximately 51% of the families live below the poverty level.

-   Faculty Development in the Areas of Instructional Technology and
    Student Centered Learning - This activity is designed to transform
    the student learning process in gateway courses and increase student
    success and progress toward achieving a degree in Engineering and
    Science or Technology. This activity will enable faculty and staff
    to: acquire understanding and knowledge of the role and uses of
    instructional technologies, apply student-centered learning, provide
    structured and sustained support to implement student-centered
    learning, standardize and enhance gateway courses and develop
    laboratories and outside classroom experiences.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus

P. O. Box 363255

San Juan, PR 00936

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Lillian Gayá (787) 250-7003

Email: Ingaya@inter.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$405,013

Total Student FTE:6,675

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 100%

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus, San Juan,
PR is located in the San Juan Metropolitan area, established in 1962, is
a comprehensive Master's and Ph.D. granting institution, with about
10,586 undergraduate students for the Fall, 2000 semester.

-   **Strengthening Academic Achievement and Student Retention Through A
    Comprehensive Students Services Model -** This activity is designed
    to develop workshops and modules to support the vocational and
    personal needs of freshman students in the areas of career setting
    and decision making; the design and development of course materials
    and learning strategies to restructure basic and introductory
    courses.

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-   **Strengthening of Science Academic Programs Through Laboratory
    Curriculum Redesign and Improvement -** Strengthen pre-professional
    intellectual development and academic achievement of students by:
    redesigning laboratory experiences by incorporating higher-order
    thinking and technical skills; improving laboratory infrastructure
    to support the newly revised laboratory courses; training professors
    in the implementation of redesigned laboratory experiences by the
    application of modern laboratory techniques and incorporating a
    student research support network program.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus

P. O. Box 363255

San Juan, PR 00936

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Ray Petty (787) 284-1912

Email: rpetty@ponce.inter.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$401,150

Total Student FTE:4,027

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:100%

Inter American University of Puerto Rico is a four-year private
institution and was founded in 1912. It is located on the south coast of
Puerto Rico.

-   **Administrative and Academic Support for Assessment and
    Communication -** To update the computer management system to
    improve institutional research for academic assessment and planning.

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-   **Academic Resource Center -** To improve student learning outcomes
    and retention through an Academic Resource Center that will provide
    students with assistance in English, Spanish, Mathematics and
    Technology and faculty with improved teaching skills and techniques.

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

P. O. Box 192017

San Juan, PR 00919

Type/Control:Private/4 Year

Project Director: Miguel Riestra (787) 754-8000

Email: mriestra@pupr.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$425,038

Total Student FTE: 5,322

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:100%

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico is a 4-year private, non-sectarian
institution located in the San Juan metropolitan area offering
baccalaureate degrees in science, engineering, business and architecture
as well as masters degree programs.

-   **Admission through Graduation Academic Support Programs to Increase
    Retention, Persistence and Graduation Rates -** This retention,
    persistence and graduation model seeks to increase retention and
    advisement of first-year students by providing them with advisement,
    peer tutoring, and mentoring services from their first year through
    graduation.

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-   **Enhancement of Engineering Laboratories and Learning Experience
    Though Laboratory Equipment Acquisition -** Providing meaningful
    laboratory experiences to students to encourage higher levels of
    study in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. With this
    activity the enhancement of laboratory equipment for five
    engineering laboratories will be increased from their 53% equipment
    capacity to an 80% equipment capacity over the course of five years.

University of Puerto Rico/Aguidilla

P. O. Box 250160

Aguadilla, PR 00604

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Jose Arbona (787) 890-2681

Email: j_arbona@cora.upr.clu.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount:\$396,233

Total Student FTE: 3,000

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:100%

University of Puerto Rico -- Aguadilla is part of the University of
Puerto Rico public higher education system. It Serves FTE students, all
Hispanic. Offers baccalaureate and associate degree programs.

-   **Faculty Training and Multimedia Instructional Development -** A
    group of 5 faculty members will receive graduate level training in
    teaching/learning methodologies and multimedia instructional
    development to later serve as faculty trainers and mentors.

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-   **Information Technology (IT) Based Student Development: Emphasis on
    Basic Skills and Integrated Assessment Techniques -** The
    pedagogical result of the proposed project should be, among other
    things, to see tangible results in student outcome measures.

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-   **Development of an IT-Based Learning Support System -** By
    enhancing significantly the equipment infrastructure and the
    academic and technical support system.

University of Puerto Rico/Arecibo College

P. O. Box 4010

Arecibo, PR 00614-4010

Type/Control:Public/4 Year

Project Director: Mercedes Perez de Vives (787) 878-2830 ext: 1103

Email: m_perez@cuta.upr.clu.edu

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount:\$429,550

Total Student FTE:4,030

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:100%

The University of Puerto Rico/Arecibo College was founded in 1967 and is
a part of the University of Puerto Rico System.

-   Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes Through Integration of Web-based
    Technology In Developmental Education and Course Curricula Through
    the creation of developmental courses in English, Spanish and Math
    the College expects to retain to some extent the students at risk.
    It is anticipated that student learning outcomes such as freshman to
    sophomore year persistence, retention and graduation rates will
    improve significantly from 5 to 10% in all areas over the previous
    years.

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-   Improving Student Services Through the Implementation of Online
    Registration, Advising and Counseling Services - Through the
    implementation of an interactive web-site providing enhanced
    information resources, and making the academic advising and
    registration process available online, the College will be able to
    improve student satisfaction with services, a vital element to
    increase retention.

University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

P. O. Box 365067

San Juan, PR 00936

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Pedro Borreo-Santiago (787) 758-2380

ED Contact: Nalini Lamba-Nieves (202) 502-7562

Award Amount: \$416,368

Total Student FTE: 1,123

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 92.7%

University of Puerto Rico-Medical Campus was founded in 1966 and offers
two-year to doctorate program degrees.

-   Systems Development for Data Management and Curricular Development -
    To improve the ease and speed of access to information needed by
    students, faculty and administrators by providing training, modern
    infrastructure, and systems that allow access to information on the
    internet, intranet, a document management system, and a database on
    students, faculty, courses, personnel, student records, and
    admissions.

-   Development of an Educational Health Promotion an Illness Prevention
    Training Center and the Expansion of the Guidance and Counseling
    Services for the Improvement of Undergraduate Academic Programs
    (UGPs -- By September, 2006 a minimum of 200 students will acquire
    the educational skills required in their respective curricula to
    teach promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of disease
    to groups of the community of the Medical Science Campus.

Brazosport College

500 College Drive

Lake Jackson, TX 77566-3199

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: David Preston (979) 230-3256

Email: dpreston@brazosport.cc.tx.us

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: 401,805

Total Student FTE: 2,446

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 25%

Founded in 1968, Brazosport College was and is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is governed by a
locally elected Board of Regents. When the college began, its emphasis
was on academic transfer courses but has now evolved to include 25
occupational-technical programs, workforce training programs in
Community Education, developmental education, and business/industry
training programs.

-   Student Services Development Project to Improve Registration and
    Assist Students in Moving from College to the Workplace - To improve
    student services by: 1) upgrading the present telephone registration
    system and adding the option for on-line registration; 2) providing
    comprehensive career counseling services to assist students in
    selecting majors; 3) decreasing dropout rate; 4) providing support
    for students to complete cerificates/degrees;5) assist students in
    obtaining jobs, and 6) upgrading equipment in the career counseling
    center.

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-   Improve Computer Resources and Distance Education - To improve
    technology education to provide alternative course delivery for
    students by: 1) upgrading equipment in information technology
    labs; 2) adding new computer labs; 3) increasing the number of
    distance education courses; 4) upgrading equipment in distance
    education the classroom;

5\) developing new information technology training programs;

> 6\) developing interactive television courses with three additional
> service area high schools, and 7) developing training programs in
> Command Spanish and learning styles for adults.

Mountain View College

4849 W. Illinois Avenue

Dallas, TX 75211

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: Michael Gutierrez (214) 860-8711

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$436,990

Total Student FTE: 2,832

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 30%

Mountain View College is one of seven public two-year colleges in the
Dallas County Community College. Located in southwest Dallas County, the
college serves a large multicultural and economically deprived area.
MVC's primary role is to provide a bridge for low-income, educationally
disadvantaged students who would not otherwise be able to attend
college.

Strengthen Programs for Student Success in Mathematics, Science, and
Technology -- This activity has four components and is designed to
increase the successful completion rate of students in developmental
math, increase enrollment and successful course completion in technology
and science courses, and enable full-time math, science, and technology
faculty to identify their individual primary teaching style and three
alternative instructional methods they have prepared for under-prepared
minority students.

This activity has four components: 1) Breaking through the Math Barrier;
2) Increasing Enrollment and Success in Transfer Level Science; 3)
Increasing Enrollment and Success in Technology; and 4) Faculty
Development and New Methods.

Northwest Vista College

3500 North Ellison Drive

San Antonio, TX 78251-4217

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Jo-Carol Fabianke

Email: jfabiak@accd.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$383,071

Total Student FTE: 2,289

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 50.6%

Northwest Vista College (NVC) was established by the Alamo Community
District Board of Trustees in 1995. In its short existence, the college
has experienced dramatic growth in terms of overall numbers of students
that are low income, first generation, and primarily Hispanic students.
As one of four colleges in the Alamo College District, NVC offers the
Associate of Arts degree the Associate of Science degree, Associate of
Applied Science degree, and Certificate programs.

-   Creation of Comprehensive Academic Foundations Learning Center The
    purpose of this activity is to improve retention, persistence, and
    student success in Developmental Math, English, and Reading through
    establishing collaborative learning groups; implementing open-entry,
    open exit courses; implementing faculty mentoring; and developing
    "catch-up" courses.

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-   Project to Assess Learning - The purpose of this activity is to
    improve student success in core curriculum courses as measured by
    retention, grades received, transfer rates, and qualitative
    long-term assessments.

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-   Expanding E-Learning Communities - The purpose of this activity is
    to increase enrollment in occupational programs and student success
    in all programs by expanding e-learning communities.

Odessa College

201 W. University

Odessa, TX 79764

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Alfredo Chapparro (915) 335-6319

Email: achaparro@odessa.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$420,775

Total Student FTE: 3,069

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 1,201

Odessa College's main educational initiatives include: 1) providing
two-year programs and pre-professional degree programs to students
preparing to transfer for further education; and 2) providing
occupational/technical training for students desiring to obtain
comprehensive skills requires in specialized fields of study.

-   Transforming Instructional Program and Student Services - This
    activity has three main components:

1.  Strengthening the Instructional Program - Faculty will coordinate
    with curriculum specialist to redesign curricula to introduce new
    instructional delivery systems and methodologies such as CAI,
    web-based instruction, and other technologies proven to be
    successful with under-prepared student;

2.  Faculty/Staff Professional Development - Provide faculty with
    training in basis skills strategies and the use of computer assisted
    instructional (CAI) and media assisted instructional (MAI) delivery
    systems.

San Antonio College

1300 San Pedro Avenue

San Antonio, TX 78212

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Thomas Hoy (210) 733-2352

Email: thoy@accd.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount:\$424,833

Total Student FTE: 15,289

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 48.6%

San Antonio College was founded as the University Junior College in 1925
and is the largest or four colleges in the Alamo Community College
District. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools and offers courses in general education and
occupational/technical areas. Students have the option of completing
requirements for degrees in Associate of Arts, Associates of Science,
and Associate in Applied Science. They may also earn certificates in
various occupational/technical areas.

-   Improving Academic Programs - The five key areas of this activity
    include: 1) increase the number of Hispanics graduating; 2) increase
    in the transfer to four-year colleges of Hispanic students; 3)
    reduce the gap between the average GPA of Hispanic students and
    white non-Hispanic students; and 4) increase the number of Hispanic
    students receiving college credit for Internet courses.

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-   Integration of Decision Support Systems - The purpose of this
    activity is to: 1) develop, install and refine a Decision Support
    System which will integrate student data concerning enrollment,
    assessment, financial aid, academic progress, student services,
    counseling and demographics; and 2) train faculty, enrollment
    management and counseling staff to utilize newly accessible student
    data to improve provision of academic and ancillary student services
    to make timely intervention for students at risk of failure.

South Texas Community College

P. O. Box 9701

McAllen, TX 78502-9701

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Juan Mejia (956) 928-3522

Email: jmejia@stcc.cc.tx.us

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$422,946

Total Student FTE: 4,780

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 4,586

Founded in 1993, South Texas Community College (STCC) has been ranked
No. 1 as the two-year college nationwide for Hispanics, according to a
study conducted by the Hispanic Association for Colleges and
Universities. STCC offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in over 50
different program options that are transferable to four-year colleges
and universities.

-   Transforming Instructional Programs and Student Services - This
    activity has three sub-components:

1.  Support Services -- Develop a comprehensive student support system
    resulting in transformational, systemic change in the manner and
    mechanism for under-prepared, at-risk students to succeed.

2.  Academic Programs -- Initiate new instructional strategies that
    address complex and unique learning barriers for participating
    Hispanic students.

3.  Instructional Management -- Provide faculty and staff with
    information, skills, knowledge, and resources to improve students
    success and retention through basic skills curriculum revision,
    development of intervention strategies, and faculty/staff training.

Southwest Texas Junior College

2401 Garner Field Road

Uvalde, TX 78801

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: Blaine Bennett (830) 591-7275

Email: blaine.bennett@swtjc.cc.tx.us

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$426,177

Total Student FTE: 3,003

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 77%

Southwest Texas Junior College is a two-year public institution
accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS),
Texas Education Association Agency (TEAA) and the Coordinating Board of
Texas College and University System and holds membership in the
Association of Texas Colleges and Universities. Programs offered include
Associate in Arts Degrees, Associate in Applied Science Degrees and
Certificates Programs and common transfer majors.

-   Development/Improvement of Developmental Education Program - The
    purpose of this activity is to provide a variety of services and
    resources to students that include the placement of four Learning
    Resource Centers to ensure grater access to services and resources
    for students. Key measures include an increase in the pass rate on
    second attempt students, increase in the graduation rate, and
    increase in the completion rate of students receiving remediation
    instruction.

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-   Improvement of Student Services/Student Life - This activity focuses
    on decreasing the student attrition-dropout rate by increasing
    student retention. Strategies include providing student life
    activities, staff development, and faculty, staff, and student
    sensitivity awareness to different cultures.

St. Edward's University Inc.

3001 South Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78704-6489

Type/Control: Private/4 Year

Project Director: Dr. Lance Hayes (512)428-1020

Email: lanceh@admin.stedwards.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount:\$437,435

Total Student FTE: 2,443

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 55%

St. Edward's University was founded in 1885 by the Congregation of the
Holy Cross and is a four-year degree-granting institution located in
Austin, Texas. Since 1969, this institution has been governed by a 36
person independent Board of Trustees from diverse religious, cultural
and professional backgrounds. In less than 10 years, Austin's population
has increased by over 44% with the Hispanic population increasing by
87%. Since St. Edward's University's founding, it has actively pursued
the mission to provide valued based education to a diverse student body
including underserved populations.

-   Improve Student Learning Outcomes - This activity is designed to
    improve student outcomes in online courses and increase access to
    St. Edward's degree programs.

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-   Increase Student Retention - This activity is designed to increase
    student retention to graduation for all students and increase the
    number of graduates who attend graduate and professional schools in
    the experimental sciences.

Texas A&M International University

5201 University Boulevard

Laredo, TX 78041

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: Mary Trevino (956) 326-2276

Email: maryt@tamin.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount: \$450,000

Total Student FTE: 1,850

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 93.2%

Texas A&M International University is a co-educational, state-assisted
institution offering baccalaureate and master's degrees in the arts,
humanities, business, education, physical, biological and social
sciences, and health professions and is also authorized to offer
selected doctoral programs. This institution offers quality academic
services to a high number of economically disadvantaged and first
generation students that, due to Laredo's isolated geographical location
and absence of other four-year colleges in the area, have very limited
access to higher education.

-   A Comprehensive Retention Strategy for First-Time Students - This
    activity has four components and is designed to significantly
    increase the retention rate of first-time freshmen and first-time
    transfer students.

1.  Develop a program to coordinate and provide a variety of services to
    first-time freshman entering directly from high school and
    first-time transfer students entering from two-year institutions;

2.  Expand services offered by the Programs for Academic Support and
    Enrichment, the academic support arm of the University;

3.  Expand and improve the institution's academic advisement services;
    and,

4.  Expand and improve the institution's University's Personal
    Counseling Services.

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANTS

California State University-San Bernardino

5500 University Parkway

San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397

Type/Control: Public/4 Year

Project Director: William Aguilar (909) 880-5099

Email: waguilar@csusb.edu

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$624,762

Total Student FTE: 10,293

Percent Hispanic Student FTE:28%

The five higher-education institutions participating in the Cooperative
Agreement are members of two separate public educational systems. Two
are community colleges (2-year) and three are universities (4-year).
Four of the five colleges are designated as HSIs. The partner colleges
are: California State University, Los Angeles (4-year/public),
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (4-year/public), Mt. San
Antonio College

(2-year/public), and Oxnard College (2-year/public).

-   Improving information Systems Infrastructure at Hispanic-Serving
    Institutions Through Collaboration, Training, and Awareness, and
    Curriculum Development -- The purpose of this activity is to improve
    the security and reliability of the five partner institution's
    information technology systems and the curriculum associated with
    these information systems security. This will be accomplished by
    reducing the vulnerabilities in the existing systems that lead to
    security problems, increasing the number of staff trained to
    maintain network security, increasing the number of faculty with
    expertise in information security, and increasing the number of
    courses offered to students that include state-of-the-art curriculum
    on information security.

Glendale Community College

1500 North Verdugo Road

Glendale, CA 91208-2894

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Susan Brinkmeyer (818) 240-1000, ext.,5630

Email: sbrink@glendaale.cc.ca.us

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$599,989

Total Student FTE: 12,101

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 25%

Glendale Community College (GCC) is the coordinating institution for
this cooperative agreement and was developed jointly with California
State University-Northridge (CSUN). GCC offers two Associate degrees

(AA or AS) and has certificate programs in over 40 different areas. CSUN
offers Bachelor's degrees in 58 programs, and Master's degrees in 52
areas.

-   Improving Student Outcomes Though Cooperative Effort -- This
    activity is designed to utilize well-planned collaboration between
    GCC and CSUN as a major strategy to achieve the goal of increasing
    the number of Hispanics and other underrepresented students who
    persist in college and complete a four-year degree program. This
    activity has three components:

1)  Opening the Pipeline -- GCC and CSUN will combine resources to
    address gaps in an outreach effort to develop a network of programs
    and services which address specific unmet community needs;

2)  Streamlining the Pipeline -- To develop early intervention
    curriculum strategies and clear degree paths from high school
    through completion of a 4-year degree program; and

3)  Maintaining the Pipeline -- Through cooperative efforts GCC and CSUN
    will establish a continuous coordinated pipeline transfer system and
    quality improvement loop as students move though these institutions.

Los Angeles City College

855 North Vermont Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90029

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Daniel Seymour (323) 953-4439

Email: seymoud@email.lacc.cc.ca.us

ED Contact: Carnisia Proctor (202) 502-7606

Award Amount: \$599,989

Total Student FTE: 15,275

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 46%

Los Angeles City College is the coordinating college for a cooperative
agreement with Los East Angeles College, Los Angeles Southwest College,
and Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Founded in 1929, City College
is the oldest community college in the District and together, are
governed by an elected seven-member District Board of Trustees and
administered by the District Chancellor.

-   Closing the Funding Gap -- This activity has three components;
    Grantsmanship Development, Foundation Development, and Business
    Partnership Development. Each component is designed to promote
    substantial resource development during the funding period as well
    as become an integral institutional operation at the conclusion of
    the grant. Implementation includes building and training an
    effective Resource Development staff, creating an integrated
    database of information on donors, funding agencies and
    opportunities and prospective business liaisons, training and
    involving faculty in writing competitive grant and contribution
    proposals, and establishing student centered, event-oriented an long
    term alliances with the business community.

Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell

P. O. Box 6000

Roswell, NM 88202

Type/Control: Public/2 Year

Project Director: Mike Martinez (505) 624-7116

Email: mike.martinez@roswell.enmu.edu

ED Contact: Alex Chough (202) 219-7118

Award Amount: \$621,586

Total Student FTE: 1,653

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 44%

Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell (Lead Institution) and New Mexico
Junior College (Partner Institution) are two-year public colleges
located in southeast New Mexico. These colleges server rural, isolated
regions that together cover more than 17,000 miles. Both colleges offer
a comprehensive selection of two-year degree and certificate programs
and articulate their programs with four-year institutions. This
cooperative arrangement grant consist of one activity with four
components.

-   **Broadening Access for Rural Hispanic Students through Cooperative
    Effort -** The proposed project will capitalize on the strengths of
    both colleges while addressing their common problems through a new,
    shared system of instructional delivery called the **Southwest New
    Mexico Access Network**.

Through this system, the college will:

1)  Strengthen faculty and staff development in distance learning
    strategies that address the needs of Hispanic and low-income
    students;

2)  Improve the access of rural students to college and certificate
    degree programs;

3)  Transform advising for students; and

4)  Strengthen infrastructure for distance learning.

LaGuardia Community College

31-10 Thomson Avenue

Long Island, NY 11101

Type/Control:Public/2 Year

Project Director: Paul Arcario

Email: arcariop@lagcc.cuny.edu

ED Contact: Sophia McArdle (202) 219-7078

Award Amount:\$620,000

Total Student FTE: 9,547

Percent Hispanic Student FTE: 37%

Located in the Western Queens, New York, LaGuardia Community College was
established as a branch of the City University of New York (CUNY) by the
New York City Board of Higher Education in 1970 to provide higher
education and meaningful employment to the city's historically
under-served populations. Nationally, the College is a member of the
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and works
closely with HACU to advance the interests of Hispanic Serving
Institutions and their students. LaGuardia offers three degrees:
Associate in Arts (AA), Associated In Applied Sciences (A A.S), and an
Associate in Science (A.S.), as well as three certificate programs.

-   Introduction of Electronic Student Portfolios - This activity is
    designed to advance systematic assessment of student learning
    outcomes and facilitate transfer of those outcomes through the
    introduction of Electronic Student Portfolios to Freshman Learning
    Communities, introductory level courses, and junior and senior level
    courses. By providing crucial information to faculty, counselors and
    administrators about what students have learned, portfolios will
    serve as a tool for effective program assessment and improvement.
    Cooperating on the student portfolio, LaGuardia and the New York
    City Technical College will strengthen articulation and transfer,
    enabling more students to make a successful transition from
    community college to baccalaureate degree programs.

CROSS REFERENCES -- WHO'S DOING WHAT NETWORK LISTS

Increasing Student Retention, Graduation and Enrollment:

-   Cochise College, AZ

-   Modesto Junior College, CA

-   National Hispanic University, CA

-   Reedley College, CA

-   Ventura College, CA

-   Woodbury College, CA

-   Miami-Dade Community College, FL

-   Donnelly College, KS

-   Western New Mexico University, NM

-   College of Aeronautics, NY

-   Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, PR

-   Mountain View College, TX

-   Northwest Vista College, TX

-   Southwest Texas Junior College, TX

-   St. Edwards University Inc., TX

-   Texas A & M International University, TX

Student Tracking and Advising:

-   Cochise College, AZ

-   Estrella Mountain Community College, AZ

-   Cal State LA - University Auxilliary Services, CA

-   Woodbury University, CA

-   Miami-Dade Community College, FL

-   Donnelly College, KS

-   University of Puerto Rico, PR

-   Brazosport College, TX

Endowments:

-   Estrella Mountain Community College, AZ

-   Pacific Oaks College, CA

-   Los Angeles City College, CA (Cooperative Agreement)

Learning Support Services -- Career Development, Counseling, Community
Outreach, and Campus Life Skills:

-   Estrella Mountain Community College, AZ

-   Modesto Junior College, CA

-   Morton College District 527, IL

-   Eastern Mexico University College, NM

-   University of New Mexico-Taos, NM

-   Western New Mexico University, NM

-   Colegio Universitario Del Este, PR

-   Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon, PR

-   Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico/Aguidilla, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PR

-   Brazosport College, TX

-   Northeast Vista College, TX

-   South Texas Community College, TX

-   Southwest Texas Junior College, TX

-   St. Edwards University Inc., TX

-   Glendale Community College, CA (Cooperative Agreement)

-   Los Angeles City College, CA (Cooperative Agreement)

-   Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, NM

Assisting Transfer Students:

-   Cal State LA - University of Auxiliary Services, CA

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-   Pacific Oaks College, CA

-   Palo Verde Community College, CA

-   Santa Ana College, CA

-   San Antonio College, TX

-   Glendale Community College, CA (Cooperative Agreement)

-   Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, NM (Cooperative Agreement)

Cultural Awareness:

-   Modesto Junior College, CA

-   Pacific Oaks College, CA

-   Miami-Dade Community College-Inter American Campus, FL

-   Morton College District 527, IL

Strengthening Information Systems:

-   Pacific Oaks College, CA

-   Ventura College, CA

-   Woodbury University, CA

-   University of New Mexico-Taos, NM

-   American University of Puerto Rico, PR

-   Colegio Universitario Del Este, PR

-   Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus, PR

-   Brazosport College, TX

-   San Antonio College, TX

-   St. Edwards University Inc., TX

-   Texas A&M International University, TX

-   California State University-San Bernardino, CA (Cooperative
    Agreement)

-   Glendale Community College, CA

Academic Student Support Services:

-   Modesto Junior College, CA

-   Pacific Oaks College, CA

-   Palo Verde Community College, CA

-   Reedley College, CA

-   San Diego State University Foundation, CA

-   Santa Ana College, CA

-   Otero Junior College, CO

-   Miami-Dade Community College, FL

-   Miami-Dade Community College-Kendall Campus

-   Donnelly College, KS

-   Eastern New Mexico University, NM

-   John Jay College, NY

-   Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Campus, PR

-   Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico/Aguidilla, PR

-   Mountain View College, TX

-   Northwest Vista College, TX

Faculty Training and Technology:

-   Cochise College, AZ

-   Estrella Mountain Community College, AZ

-   National Hispanic University, CA

-   San Diego State University Foundation, CA

-   Southwestern College, CA

-   Otero Junior College, CO

-   Morton College District 527, IL

-   University of New Mexico-Taos, NM

-   Western New Mexico University, NM

-   American University of Puerto Rico, PR

-   Bayamon Central University, PR

-   Colegio Universitario Del Este, PR

-   Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico-Aguidilla, PR

-   Odessa College, TX

-   South Texas Community College, TX

Curriculum Development:

-   Miami-Dade Community College-Inter American Campus, FL

-   Colegio Universitario Del Este, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo College, PR

-   University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PR

-   Odessa College, TX

-   South Texas Community College, TX

-   California State University-San Bernardino, CA