Special Items Funding Request - University of Houston-Downtown
New Special Items
Basic Skills Laboratory
(UH-Downtown)
Current Biennial Funding: $527,976
Requested Biennial Funding: $747,976
The Basic Skills laboratory was created to provide support in a laboratory/tutorial setting for students needing improved skills in mathematics, English, and reading, which are vital to academic success at the university level. The students who benefit from this program are primarily from groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. This program has a direct impact on retention and graduation rates for these students.
Director: Dr. Susan Ahern, Chair, UH-Downtown English Department
Cultural Enrichment Center
(UH-Downtown [lead institution] and University of Houston)
Current Biennial Funding: . $1,973,514
Requested Biennial Funding: $2,908,256
The Cultural Enrichment Center exists to support cross-cultural and multi-cultural education at both the University of Houston-Downtown and the University of Houston. Funding supports nationally recognized programs in African American Studies and Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston. At the University of Houston-Downtown, the program serves to underpin university-wide efforts to develop in the students an understanding of, and a true appreciation for, the cultural differences to which they are exposed each day. The MAS and AAS programs offer undergraduate instruction in 21 academic areas.
Directors:
Lorenzo Thomas, Assistant Professor of English, UH-Downtown
Dr. Tatcho Mindiola, Director of Mexican-American Studies, UH
Dr. Linda Reed, Director of African-American Studies, UH
