Overview and Background for Request for Proposals

1. Summer Academies Overview and Backgroundfor Request for Proposals Friday, September 7, 2007

2. Summer Academy funding • 1989 – created by legislature • 1990 - $1.5 million • 2003 –SA cut to $300,000 • $300,000 new funds appropriated for 2007 for total of $600,000 • 2008 – continued funding at $600,000

3. Basic Requirements • Accredited Oklahoma degree-granting institutions of higher education • Must serve only Oklahoma students • 3-year proposals only • NO funds from students/parents

4. General Guidelines • MINIMUM LECTURE • Not traditional classroom experience! • Student exploration, experimentation, career motivation • Rigor, Relevance and Relationships

5. General Guideline IV.D.5. Each institution is required to stand behind the lawfulness of its Summer Academy program, including the selection process for participants in the Summer Academy. The institution will agree to indemnify the State Regents and/or the Chancellor for any liability they may incur as a result of the institution’s Summer Academy.

6. Funding Issues • Residential - $600 per FTE • Commuter - $525 • One FTE student week will equal one individual student attending 6 hours or more per day for 5 or more days per week • Partial weeks may receive prorated funding • Funding is limited to two FTE student weeks • 50% of total by April 30; remaining after ALL reports approved in September

7. Submission of Grant Proposals • Submit electronically to summeracademies@osrhe.edu • Submit by 5:00 PM on Friday, September 28, 2007.

8. Submission of Grant Proposals (cont.) • A return e-mail will be sent verifying receipt of entire proposal and supporting documents. • Proposal narrative must open in Microsoft WORD • The Proposed Budget form must open in the EXCEL format as provided on website.

9. Supporting Grant Proposal Documents • Institutional Endorsement Letter • Statement of Assurances • Submit in hard copy by the proposal deadline – Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 • Mail to: Dr. Cindy Brown Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104

10. Purpose and Goals • Provide stimulating learning opportunities • Build in young people a sense of accomplishment relative to math and science • Develop and promote career and educational aspirations • Fully expose students to college campus experience

11. Purpose and Goals continued … • Help develop early awareness about need to plan • Combine learning and fun • Make success in college an expected and logical result of high school success for ALL with emphasis on subgroups most likely to be underrepresented

12. OK Class of 2007

13. One School Class Development by Gender

14. OK Class of 2006 by SubgroupsReading

15. OK Class of 2006 by SubgroupsMathematics

16. OK Class of 2006 by SubgroupsScience

17. What We Hear Adults Say: • They’re poor • Their parents don’t care • Some kids just don’t want to learn • They aren’t college material • Schools don’t have enough money • Not enough parents . . .

18. But we don’t believe it!! • More students are taking the ACT • Rigorous course taking has increased • Students’ educational aspirations have risen • College attendance rates are up • Gaps between subgroups have narrowed

19. Ninth-graders who are placed in higher-level courses have a lower failure rate than students with similar characteristics who are placed in lower-level courses. Middle Grades to High School: Mending a Weak Link by Sandra Cooney and Gene Bottoms

20. Statistical significance >.01

21. Belonging Heroes Sense of Accomplishment Fun and Excitement Curiosity and Creativity Spirit of Adventure Leadership and Responsibility Confidence to Take Action Believing in Achieving by Russ Quaglia Eight Conditions needed for ASPIRATION

22. An important priority of Summer Academy Program is: “Make success in college an expected and logical result of high school success for all participants with particular emphasis on those young people from subgroups most likely to be underrepresented in the fields of mathematics, science and technology.”

23. Who are these underrepresented groups? • African Americans • Native Americans • Hispanic Americans • Poor/First Generation

24. Ignoring this priority is UNACCEPTABLE. • Ignoring relevant Supreme Court rulings and other case law is also UNACCEPTABLE.

25. Questionable Quotes • “Preference will be given to equally qualified females and minorities.” • “Preference will be given to underrepresented students.” • “Preference will be given to students disproportionately underrepresented in the academy areas of study.” • “Extra points for female or non-white”

26. "individualized consideration" the bottom line of the court's decisions -- colleges can consider race as long as they consider each applicant individually

27. So what can be done?

28. Positive examples • Emphasizing first generation • Work with tribes, community centers, schools, churches • Recognizing and accommodating limitations related to poverty

29. limitations related to poverty • Using GPA or test scores • Extensive application process • Multiple references • Anything requiring the use of home computer or printer • Transportation issues • Commuter academies • Two-week academies with students going home over the weekend.

30. Previously submitted questions Question: Budget – are sub-items A-E expense categories per student? Response: Treating the students as a group, list the types and amounts of expenses you anticipate.

31. Previously submitted questions Question: Explain the FTE student week. Response: Each student attending one week equals one FTE student week. If a student attends for two weeks, it equals two FTE student weeks.

32. Previously submitted questions Question: Can we have more than one academy? Can our academy last longer than one week? Response: You may write your proposal for more than one academy. Each academy can be up to two weeks.

33. Previously submitted questions Question: Is there a limit on the number of students we can serve? Response: No. Evaluators will look closely at how you plan to supervise and provide appropriate learning experiences for ALL of the students you say you are planning to serve.

34. Additional questions?

35. Timelines • Proposals due: Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 • Regents Board Approval: Nov. 29, 2007 • Notification of Awards and Institutional Paperwork: Dec./Jan. • Mandatory Orientation Meeting for Awardees: January 18, 2008 @ 1:30 p.m. • First half of funds disbursed: April 2008 • Final Reports due: September 30, 2008 • Final funds disbursed after reports approved

36. Timelines related to Recruitment & Selection • Awardees may start distributing information any time after Orientation • Regents Poster mailed and website up by March 1 • Applications accepted beginning on March 15 • Student selection begins on April 1

37. The website • Your Questions & Answers Questions and answers will be distributed to the entire Summer Academy list so be sure you are subscribed. • http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/osrhe-grants.shtml

38. Contact information: Cindy Brown - cbrown@osrhe.edu 405-225-9156 Risa Johnson – rjohnson@osrhe.edu 405-225-9228 summeracademies@osrhe.edu