NODE (Network Opportunities for Developing Equitable and Effective Evaluation at HSIs)(award #2311385), is a six-year investment that will position The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to provide the first full portrait of the effectiveness of all grants funded by the NSF HSI program. Anne-Marie Núñez, Ph.D., executive director of the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success, is the grant’s principal investigator. She, along with UTEP co-principal investigators Azuri Gonzalez, Ed.D., and Amy Wagler, Ph.D., are tasked with building capacity for institutions to evaluate and research ways to strengthen and document the success of NSF HSI-funded projects.
The grant establishes the Hispanic-Serving Institution Center for Evaluation and Research Synthesis (HSI-CERS) at the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success at The University of Texas at El Paso, the only center of its kind in the nation.
HSI-CERS: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Network Opportunities to Develop Equitable and Effective Evaluation (NODE) will build capacity for HSIs to conduct evaluation and research to strengthen and document the effectiveness of NSF-HSI funded programs.
· Create an evaluation framework to evaluate the impact of the NSF HSI Program’s funded grants,
· Build capacity of current and potential HSI Program grantees in conducting evaluation, and
· Strengthen and refine assessment and research about STEM equity in HSIs and beyond
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