Project ADELANTE leverages local expertise and knowledge, proximity to the U.S.-Mexico "Borderlands" region, and evidence-based strategies to accomplish its objectives and activities.
Objectives
Through an intentionally designed suite of culturally responsive place-based educational activities, the project will:
- Increase student's access to place-based culturally responsive educational experiences
- Increase students' career readiness and post-graduation success
- Strengthen institutional capacity to increase place-based culturally responsive educational experiences for our Hispanic/Latinx, low-income and First-Generation College students to support their persistence rates, sense of belonging on campus and career readiness at U of A.
Activities
The Project includes three components – an internship and career readiness program to connect undergraduates with community businesses and nonprofits, professional development fellowships for U of A faculty and staff, and a first-year writing program curriculum based on the Latin American "testimonio" tradition of personal narratives.
Borderlands Service-Learning Program
- Summer Service-Learning Internships
- Career Readiness in the Borderlands Course
- Experiential Learning in the Borderlands Design Accelerator
Testimonios
- Culturally Responsive Curriculum Expansion
- Validation of Student Traditional and Experiential Knowledge
- First-Year Foundational Writing Courses
Borderlands Fellowship Program
- Professional Development for Faculty & Staff
- Experiential Learning
- Institutional Capacity Building