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CUE Continues to Expand Its Work Nationally |
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College Completion Goals is Focus of Keynote Speech
On April 18, Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon, co-director of the Center for Urban Education and a Professor of Higher Education at USC's Rossier School of Education, presented at the 2010 Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Commission Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
CUE and WICHE recently formed a partnership to assist WICHE member states in achieving college completion goals. The two-year project will involve WICHE states in addressing racial equity issues and focus a team of policy analysts on identifying effective policies to promote college success.
Participants of the meeting included about 40 of the WICHE Commissioners from the Western region. Commissioners are appointed by the state governor and typically include elected officials, college administrators and community members.
Read about the partnership in a story that appeared in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. |
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Pennsylvania Higher Education Leaders Look to CUE for Ideas
Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon addressed system provosts from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) on May 14. Dr. Bensimon was invited by Dr. James Moran, Vice Chancellor for PASSHE, to discuss ways in which to improve student outcomes and meet the system's college completion goals.
During the three-hour presentation held at West Chester University, Dr. Bensimon and CUE research associate Loni Pazich Bordoloi described some of CUE's dat and inquiry tools.
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CUE's STEM Toolkit Launched for Instructors, Administrators & Campus Leaders
The Center for Urban Education launched the STEM Toolkit: Tools for Increasing Latina and Latino STEM Baccalaureates on May 1 at a symposium held during the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference. The symposium included researchers from universities around the country. The topic was "From 'Mixed Methods' to Transdisciplinary Research: Navigating Boundaries to Increase Equity in STEM Fields for Students of Color."
The presenters were: Dr. Alicia C. Dowd, CUE Co-Director & USC Rossier School of Education Associate Professor (chair); Dr. Bill Trent, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Dr. Steve Hubbard, New York University; Dr. Lindsey Malcom, UC-Riverside. Dr. Fae L. Korsmo, Senior Advisor for the Office of Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), was the discussant.
The session brought together researchers investigating the causes of and possible solutions to the underrepresentation of minoritized students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) postsecondary education. This topic relates to the scholarly aspects of the STEM toolkit developed out of the Center's NSF-funded study Pathways to STEM Bachelor's and Graduate Degrees for Hispanic Students and the Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
The toolkit is designed for use by instructors, administrators, counselors and campus leaders at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and non-HSI's who are interested in increasing Latina and Latino STEM student enrollment and success.
You can find the STEM Toolkit on our website, located here. To learn more about our NSF-funded study and to read our policy briefs, click here.
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Campus Effort & Collaboration in Setting Student Success Goals is Focus of Speech at the CSUs General Education in California Conference
Dr. Alicia C. Dowd was a plenary speaker during the General Education in California Conference held at California State University, Fullerton on May 3rd and 4th. Her presentation, titled Beyond Engagement: Ensuring Campus Effort for Equity and Student Success, touched on the processes to help educators move beyond engagement and take the next steps to improve equity in student learning outcomes.
Faculty, administrators, grantmakers, and national leaders in American higher education spent two days reflecting, discussing and planning where the state of higher education has been and where it might go. Among the questions asked: what are the most promising practices in general education at California's public community colleges and universities? Which of them can be shared and brought to scale, to inform new frameworks for liberal learning and transfer? The event was hosted by a national initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) called Give Students a Compass. |
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Improving Transfer to Private Colleges Explored at a Whittier College Workshop
On Monday, May 24th, Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon and Dr. Alicia C. Dowd presented on the roles of "transfer agents" as part of a workshop entitled "Promoting Successful Transfer Students." It was hosted by Whittier College for a group of community colleges and private four-year colleges interested in expanding transfer pathways.
In their presentation, "Brokering Transfer Equity: The Role of Institutional Agents," Dr. Bensimon and Dr. Dowd focused on the roles of institutional agents and the methods of action inquiry as essential to the goal of achieving transfer equity. With over 60 higher education administrators, faculty and transfer officers in attendance, diverse cross-institution groupings were able to collaborate to discuss the future of transfer student success.
To read Dr. Bensimon and Dr. Dowd's presentation about transfer equity, click here. |
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The USC Rossier School of Education is one of the world's premier centers for the study of urban education, preparing teachers and educational leaders who are committed to strengthening urban education locally, nationally and globally. Established at USC in 1999 as part of the University's urban initiative, the Center for Urban Education (CUE) leads socially conscious research and develops tools needed for institutions of higher education to produce equity in student outcomes. |
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Center for Urban Education (CUE)
Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California
Waite Phillips Hall
Suite 702
Los Angeles, California 90089
Tel: 213.740.5202
Fax: 213.740.3889
http://cue.usc.edu/
rsoecue@usc.edu | |
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