Manhattanville College

INSTITUTIONAL COSTS

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND – AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS

MAINTAINING A SAFE AND THRIVING CAMPUS THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

IRFP: CHARACTERIZING THE FUNCTION OF LEPTOSPIRAL PROTEINS IN THE BIOLOGY OF THE GENUS LEPTOSPIRA

SPORT STUDIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: AMPLIFYING THE LATINX EXPERIENCE IN CURRICULA, CONVERSATION, AND COMMUNITY [WITH SPORT STUDIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, WE PROPOSE TO ENHANCE THE HUMANITIES-CENTERED STUDY OF SPORT AT MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE THROUGH THE LENS OF LATINX STUDIES, EXPLORING THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORKS OF SPORT IN LATINX COMMUNITIES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CREATE A SPEAKER-IN-RESIDENCE SERIES FOCUSED ON LATINX SCHOLARSHIP AND ACCOMPANIED BY CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING CLUSTERS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COMPONENTS. ITS AIM IS TO BROADEN SCHOLARSHIP AND PEDAGOGY OF AN UNDERSTUDIED AREA AND AUGMENT AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING LIBERAL ARTS EXPERIENCE BY LEVERAGING A TOPIC SO MANY ARE WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT: SPORT. MANHATTANVILLE'S CURRENT SPORT STUDIES CURRICULUM AND THE BROADER FIELDS OF SPORT STUDIES, LATINX STUDIES, AND AMERICAN STUDIES FALL SHORT IN EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF LATINX ATHLETES AND THE ROLE OF SPORT IN LATINX COMMUNITIES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS MEANT AS A CORRECTIVE TO THIS UNDERREPRESENTATION.]

REINVIGORATING THE HUMANITIES: DEVELOPING AND PILOTING CURRICULUM FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INITIATIVE [THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP MANHATTANVILLE?S INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INITIATIVE (ISI) BY MEETING THREE OBJECTIVES: (1) DEVELOP SYLLABI FOR TWO INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE COURSES; (2) PILOT THREE INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE COURSES; AND (3) STRENGTHEN FACULTY AWARENESS OF AND COMMITMENT TO INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING. THE ISI IS A RESULT OF A DIRECTIVE TO DESIGN A NEW CURRICULAR MODEL TO REINVIGORATE THE HUMANITIES AT MANHATTANVILLE, WHERE, AS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONWIDE, WE SEE A TREND OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN TRADITIONAL HUMANITIES COURSES AND MAJORS. THE ISI INVOLVES THE CREATION OF A SET OF INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJORS THAT SHARE A CORE OF THREE COURSES THAT BLEND MAJOR CONTENT WITH AN EXPLICIT FOCUS ON HUMANISTIC SKILLS, INCLUDING DATA AND INFORMATION LITERACY, STORYTELLING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKING. CORE HUMANITIES TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENGLISH, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, ART HISTORY, AND LEGAL STUDIES.]

HSI PLANNING PROJECT: INCREASING PERSISTENCE, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION RATES AMONG STEM STUDENTS AT MANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS TRACK 1 PROJECT AIMS TO LEARN WHO STEM STUDENTS ARE, UNDERSTAND PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED APPROACHES TO CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN STEM, AND DEVELOP A PROGRAM PLAN TO IMPLEMENT SELECTED STRATEGIES AT MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE. WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF LATINX AND OTHER HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS PURSUING STEM DEGREES, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO UNDERSTAND APPROACHES THAT WORK TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS AND CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR ALL STEM STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS 50% ATTRITION AMONGST STEM MAJORS (GHAZZAWAI, PATTISON, & HORN. 2001). THIS STUDY WILL INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF LATINX STUDENTS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS, AND ALLOW FACULTY TO IDENTIFY EVIDENCE- BASED INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT FUTURE STUDENT SUCCESS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LITERATURE ON BEST EDUCATIONAL STEM PRACTICES AT HSIS. METHODS EMPLOYED IN THIS PLANNING GRANT WILL IDENTIFY CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE IN COLLEGE AND HOW THESE INTERSECT WITH THEIR IDENTITY, DETECT KNOWLEDGE GAPS FACULTY HAVE FOR TEACHING MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, AND PLAN STRATEGIC APPROACHES HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CAN TAKE TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS. SINCE THIS PROGRAM INTENDS TO INCREASE PERSISTENCE, RETENTION, GRADUATION RATES, AND ULTIMATELY EMPLOYMENT AMONG HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND INTEGRATION OF THESE STUDENTS INTO STEM CAREERS, RESULTING IN POSITIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON A NATIONAL SCALE. THIS PROJECT WILL SYSTEMATICALLY COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA AND DEVELOP EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO INCREASE PERSISTENCE, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION RATES AMONG LATINX AND OTHER HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STEM STUDENTS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE TO (1) LEARN WHO MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE STEM STUDENTS ARE, ACCOUNTING FOR INTERSECTIONALITY, AND ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT STRATEGIES, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF STEM EDUCATION EXPERIENCES; (2) UNDERSTAND PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED APPROACHES TO CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN STEM; AND (3) DEVELOP A PROGRAM PLAN AND IUSE:HSI IEP PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT SELECT STRATEGIES. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHO MANHATTANVILLE?S STEM STUDENTS ARE, STUDENTS IN INTRODUCTORY STEM COURSES WILL BE SURVEYED ON THEIR CURRENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS THEIR COURSEWORK PRIOR TO COLLEGE. IN ADDITION, A FACULTY SURVEY WILL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF STEM FACULTY?S PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, EXPERIENCES, AND CULTURAL AWARENESS PERTAINING TO STUDENT TEACHING AND ENGAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN STEM BY CONDUCTING AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LITERATURE AND COMPLETING SITE VISITS TO OTHER HSI INSTITUTIONS TO DISCUSS SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THEIR OWN PROJECTS. ULTIMATELY, THE PROJECT IS POSITIONED TO INFORM CURRICULUM IN MANHATTANVILLE?S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION?S STEM TEACHER TRACKS, INFORMING NOT ONLY POST-SECONDARY APPROACHES BUT ALSO HOW K-12 TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN COLLEGE. THE HSI PROGRAM AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE HSI PROGRAM WILL ALSO GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.