Hispanic/Male Students in Foundational Courses SFIG

This proposed plan describes the development and outline of a Staff Faculty Inquiry Group (SFIG) at Northern Essex Community College (NECC), Haverhill, Massachusetts. Unlike usual faculty committees within a community college, where participants get together periodically to discuss a particular issue, this SFIG is designed to pull together key interested staff and faculty (and at times students) willing to discuss specific learning issues of a targeted population.

Through data collection and analysis, the SFIG then determines what the specific problem areas are, and develop strategic remedies to improve learning and academic success within the student group. Working with key administrators, faculty, and staff, the SFIG then helps implement specific strategies within the college community to better serve the targeted group of students improve their academic success.

Click here to read the short outline of the Hispanic Male Students in Foundational Courses SFIG. For more information, contact Jorge Santiago at jsantiago@necc.mass.edu.