Brittany Pines, PhD in Leadership and Change student, has successfully garnered a new Department of Education Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Title V grant to benefit students of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) where she is Project Director of an existing Title III grant entitled EXITO: Exit on Time in STEM. This new grant entitled, CASA: Creating Access to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for All, allows NEIU to create a freshman/sophomore STEM cohort that embeds Ethics, History, and Financial Literacy into the cohort but taught through a STEM lens in a collaborative, co-teaching way. In addition, the grant allows NEIU to pilot a stretch-calculus course which has not been done at any other institution. Brittany’s expertise lies in the integration and understanding of the impact and applications of world views, historical experiences, and individual perspectives that foster the growth of critical thinking and academic achievement and creativity. Her area of specialty begins with a concentration on STEM and the skills that are the gateway to achievement of people from underrepresented groups and under-resourced communities in STEM programs and careers.
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