The Southwest Conference on Transforming STEM Education in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)
November 18 - 20, 2017 | The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona (UA), under award #1748526 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), proudly hosted a working conference that brought together over 100 stakeholders from 42 southwestern HSIs across AZ, CA, NM, NV and TX, to identify opportunities for transforming STEM education at HSIs.
Conference REPORT
Lozano, Guadalupe and Franco, Marla and Subbian, Vignesh, Transforming STEM Education in Hispanic Serving Institutions in the United States: A Consensus Report (April 12, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3238702
The University of Arizona's was one of the first four national conferences funded in 2017 to inform the design of NSF's HSI program, and one of the 11 national conferences funded over 2017-18 with this same goal. The STEM in HSI Working Group at UA is currently developing an agenda based on the recommendations of this report.
Conference FOCUS
- Enabling transitions from 2- to 4-year HSIs: gaps and opportunities for cross-institutional partnerships
- Charting the role of Research 1 (R1) HSIs in undergraduate STEM education: research as a pathway for college and career success
- Leveraging innovative and inclusive pedagogies and curricula: gaps and opportunities for new instructional initiatives
- Mapping HSI opportunities and challenges to recruitment, retention, and persistence: successful examples and potential new initiatives
- Meeting HSIs’ students where they are: the meaning and role of culturally-responsive STEM education at the college level.
Initial Collaborating HSIs & Conference Participants
Allan Hancock College
Antelope Valley College
Arizona State University
Arizona Western College
California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University Monterey Bay
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Sacramento
Canada College
Central New Mexico Community College
Chabot College
College of Southern Nevada
El Camino College
Glendale Community College
Luna Community College
Maricopa Community College District
MiraCosta College
Mt. San Antonio College
Nevada State College
New Mexico State University
Northern Arizona University
Phoenix College
Pima Community College
San Diego City College
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Santa Ana College
Santa Barbara City College
Schreiner University
South Mountain Community College
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas State University
The University of Arizona
The University of New Mexico
Truckee Meadows Community College
University of Arizona, South
University of California
University of Houston
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Victor Valley College
National Instruments
Science Foundation Arizona
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1748526. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
CONTACT: STEM in HSI Working Group, steminhsi@email.arizona.edu