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Undergraduate Education provides students and instructors with resources that promote academic excellence and student success. The Office of Undergraduate Education serves as the central administration for a number of organizational units across campus that enhance the undergraduate student experience.
FIPSE Grant Awarded to UCR
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Undergraduate Education was awarded grant funding to expand and evaluate CHASS Connect (First-Year-Experience for the College of Humanities, Arts ands Social Sciences), a year long comprehensive set of transition courses for freshmen that are structured with interdisciplinary course content, foster a sense of community, and offer assistance with the transition from high school to college through personal and academic support and peer mentorship. The project will include the development of a model program that is supported by experimental research findings and replicable on other campuses.
CCRAA and HSI Grant Awarded to UCR
The University of California, Riverside’s STEM Pathway Project was awarded $3,371,470 for a two year grant funded by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Program through the United State Department of Education. The grant is aimed at developing articulation agreements with HSI community colleges to increase the number of students transferring into the STEM fields at UCR and to enhance support more generally for Hispanic and low-income students at UCR who are pursuing degrees in the STEM fields. UCR will partner with the College of the Desert, Mt. San Antonio, Pasadena City College, and the three campuses in the Riverside Community College District, including Riverside City, Moreno Valley, and Norco to assist students in transferring to four-year universities and will provide needed services to the surrounding communities. The project goals are intended to:
- Streamline articulation and the transfer process, enhance STEM major preparation, and provide pre-matriculation advising to increase the flow of Hispanic and low-income community college students into STEM majors at four-year universities.
- Implement support programs for Hispanic and low-income STEM transfer students at UCR to help them successfully transition into university life and coursework in their chosen majors.
- Improve persistence, student success, and degree completion of Hispanic and low-income UCR STEM students.
The grant will be administered through Undergraduate Education.
Summer Sessions Moves
Summer Sessions at UCR offers over 450 courses to UCR students, other UC Students, visiting students, high school students, international students, and UCR staff. The Administrative Office is located at 361 Surge, and a satellite office providing student support for questions and submission of documents is located in the Learning Center, 156 Surge.
Establishment of the First-Year Work Group
Through campus-wide collaborations (BCOE, CNAS, CHASS, UE, Honors, Student Life, Learning Center, Housing) the first year workgroup will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss critical issues, identify best practices and research, develop partnerships, and provide recommendations in support of undergraduate students through their first year at UCR.