{"id":1283,"date":"2020-09-04T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?post_type=nshe_news&#038;p=1283"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:19:25","slug":"nsc-receives-2-7-million-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-from-the-u-s-dept-of-ed","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/news\/2020\/09\/nsc-receives-2-7-million-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-from-the-u-s-dept-of-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"NSC Receives $2.7 million Hispanic-Serving Institution grant from the U.S. Dept. of Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsc.edu\/\">Nevada State College\u2019s<\/a> School of Education was selected by the United States Department of Education to receive $2,730,661 in funding under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/programs\/idueshsi\/index.html\">Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program<\/a> \u2013 a Title V federal program that assists institutions in expanding educational opportunities for Hispanic students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevada State College, which was awarded the first-ever Hispanic Serving Institute grant in Nevada history three years ago, will use the Transformando Caminos (Transforming Pathways) grant to support the School of Education&#8217;s collaborative work with the Clark County School District as well as other Nevada school districts with a unified goal of creating and seamlessly aligning three pathways to teaching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>High school-based dual credit Teacher Academies<\/li><li>Transfer articulation agreements with two-year colleges<\/li><li>Alternative Route to Licensing pathway to teaching for career changers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Transformando Caminos grant will provide vital support for the School of Education as it continues its strong commitment to locally growing more PreK-12 teachers, particularly teachers of Hispanic descent, for the State of Nevada,\u201d said Dennis Potthoff, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Education at Nevada State College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With activities focused around outreach, access, student support and professional development, the grant will increase students enrolling in Education majors and boast several significant outcomes including a projected 48 percent increase in the number of Hispanic students who will enroll as an Education major as well as a 400 percent increase in Hispanic students who will obtain a secondary teaching credential in STEM. The $2,730,661 grant will be used over a five-year period starting October 1, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also congratulate our colleagues at College of Southern Nevada for receiving their first HSI grant, which will guide students through one of the biggest hurdles of college-level math courses,\u201d said Bart Patterson, Nevada State President. \u201cWe will continue to work together to enhance degree attainment for students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Nevada State College, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsc.edu\">www.nsc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Nevada State College<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevada State College, a four-year public institution, is a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education. Nevada State places a special emphasis on the advancement of a diverse and largely under-served student population. Located on a developing 512-acre campus in the foothills of Henderson, Nevada, the college was established in 2002 as a new tier in the state system between the research universities and the two-year colleges and, as such, is Nevada\u2019s only state college. Nevada State College is the second fastest-growing college in the country and the fastest growing in Nevada. It currently has more than 5,500 students and more than 800 full- and part-time employees. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nsc.edu\/\">the NSC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-34","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}