Amount Awarded
$130,000 (Project Timeline: 2 years)
Project Description
The Business Management Department, in collaboration with the Urban Male Leadership Academy (UMLA), proposes to establish an UMLA program in the Business Management Department (B-UMLA) to address the equity gaps in the retention and graduation rates of Black and Latino male business majors (“target group”). This proposal requests $130,000 for a two-year period (Fall 2021-24) through the Innovative Programs focus area to be applied towards implementing a comprehensive program to close the equity gap by improving the retention rate for first year students in our target group from 43% to 53% within two years of the project’s implementation. In addition, the B-UMLA focuses on the following Thematic Areas:
- address student basic needs
- improve student learning outcomes and engagement
- reduce equity gaps in student retention, transfer, and graduation rates
- incorporate career development programming
- enhance existing academic student support
- contribute to institutional efforts aimed at improving and reducing equity gaps and growing enrollment