Primary Recipient

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$189,145.00

Award Date

8/02/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is developing new strategies to recruit more underrepresented (laregely Hispanic) students to undergraduate Earth Sciences programs by capitalizing on a required First-Year Experience (FYE) curriculum. NEIU is an u