Cañada College Awarded $3.2 Million Federal Grant to Support Hispanic Students
Tue, 13 September, 2016 at 12:15 pm
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San Mateo County Community College District
Gohar Momjian
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Cañada College
Megan Rodriguez Antone
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Cañada College Awarded $3.2 Million Federal Grant to
Support Hispanic Students
REDWOOD
CITY (September 12, 2016) - The US Department of Education awarded a $3.2
million grant to Cañada College to significantly improve the college transfer
and completion rates of its Hispanic and other high need students over the next
five years. “As a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), we are
committed to ensuring that all our students start strong with their educational
journey, get connected to pathways to transfer, stay strong on that road to
success, and finish strong through their transfer to four year institutions,”
stated Dr. Jamillah Moore, Cañada College President.
The grant will fund Canada College’s Expanding Student Opportunity
(¡ESO!) Adelante Project, which in collaboration with San Francisco State
University (SFSU), will support the creation and implementation of academic
pathway programs designed to encourage the successful completion and transfer
of Cañada’s Hispanic and other high-need students. The ¡ESO! Adelante Project
will support student participants even after they transfer to SFSU in pursuit
of their Bachelor’s Degree. The ¡ESO! Adelante Project will develop
extensive and comprehensive use of peer mentors at Cañada College to encourage
entering students to participate in academic preparation programs; encourage
them to use academic support services; guide them along developed academic
transfer pathways, and support them before and after transfer.
The
¡ESO! Adelante Project will also create and develop a staff and faculty
professional development program called “Roadblock Summits” to develop the
pathways and create a transfer hybrid course that will be available at both
campuses to complete the transfer education process.
The
grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) Program, whose purpose is
to expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment
of, Hispanic students; and to expand and enhance the academic offerings,
program quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that
are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and helping large
numbers of Hispanic students and other low-income individuals complete
postsecondary degrees.
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including sciences, business, multi-media, medical assisting, the arts, and
technical training. The College also provides extensive basic skills training
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