Activity 1, Component 1
Improving Completions and Transfer of Minority and Low-Income Students

Year 1

• Develop small group orientation and family support activities
• Develop programs for loan of computers to low-income students who have no at-home access to technology
• Develop or revise courses to include culture-specific content
• Develop an ENMU technology lab for general education
• Introduce use of consultant role models
• Collect baseline data

Year 2

• Pilot, evaluate and modify small group orientation and family support activities
• Pilot courses developed or revised in Year 1 and develop or revise additional courses to include culture-specific content
• Pilot ENMU technology lab and develop a similar lab at CCC
• Develop a community outreach to help K-12 parents support school success at home

Year 3

• Pilot, evaluate and modify K-12 parent outreach.
• Pilot all courses developed or modified in Years 1 and 2
• Develop a technology lab for teacher education and business at ENMU
• Develop and pilot short-term training in Workplace Spanish and Spanish-language pronunciation
• Monitor small group orientations, family support and other activities
• Evaluate

Year 4

• Provide Workplace Spanish to additional employees
• Pilot, evaluate, and modify (if indicated) use of the ENMU technology lab for teacher education and business and develop a similar lab at CCC
• Develop Web access for CCC students to enhance transfer information for ENMU
• Continue and refine all prior strategies.
• Collect or update data, evaluate project progress

Year 5

• Enhance technology labs available to ENMU and CCC for general education and specialized applications to teacher education and business
• Develop and pilot strategies for increasing contacts at grades eight and nine to encourage college attendance
• Transition effective procedures to ensure continuation after the project
• Conduct summative evaluation