THE SUMMER 2024 FACULTY/STUDENT COHORTS
Applications Open:
Faculty: December 1, 2023
Deadline: February 16th 2024

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Student Applications open December 11th, 2023

Deadline: February 23rd, 2023

This project will develop a Scholars' Academy for STEM majors, a cohort-based program to support undergraduate students with peer mentoring, undergraduate research opportunities, and additional support. The academy, located in Hennings College at Kean University, is designed to improve undergraduate success, particularly for Hispanic students. The project will address a number of documented challenges to undergraduate student success. Communities of Practice (CoPs) - groups of people who share a common concern and work and learn together - will be developed among students, faculty, and administrators to ensure longer term retention of students and create institutional transformation by sustaining best practices. Through this project, Kean will increase the number of faculty engaging in research with undergraduates, and who are also trained in culturally responsive mentoring, including the Affinity Research Group (ARG) model, part of the Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI). These practices are intended to increase student retention and improve participants' sense of belonging.