CAEPR - College and Career Readiness

The Sitka Campus of the University of Alaska Southeast launched a new program in October designed to improve services for its students, particularly those who need extra support for their college experience. ISER’s Center for Alaska Education Policy Research (CAEPR) worked with a team at UAS Sitka to conceptualize the new project, which is called Strengthening Unique Potential for Progress through Opportunities, Relationships, and Transitions (SUPPORT).

The Center for Alaska Education Policy Research (CAEPR) is collaborating with the Department of Biological Sciences in a new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to redesign UAA’s general introductory biology course for non-majors. The goal is to increase student learning and engagement, and to encourage more UAA students to pursue STEM majors and careers.

Dayna DeFeo and colleagues from the College Preparatory and Developmental Studies Department in UAA’s Community & Technical College studied how students spend independent study time in the drop-in tutoring lab.

Dayna DeFeo will serve as the evaluator on a project to support college and career readiness activities for rural high school students.