SHINE - STEM Hub for Innovation in Numeracy Education
The Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Hub for Innovations in Numeracy Education (HSI-SHINE) is a five-year NSF-funded initiative to strengthen numeracy skills among faculty and students at two- and four-year HSIs.
The Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Hub for Innovations in Numeracy Education (HSI-SHINE) is a five-year NSF-funded initiative to strengthen numeracy skills among faculty and students at two- and four-year HSIs. HSI-SHINE includes faculty development, an online numeracy training program with gamification, a community-based Data Analysis Research Program (DARP), and a digital resource hub connecting students to STEM opportunities. Targeting HSIs in Arizona, New York, and Texas, SHINE will train 50 faculty and engage 100 students directly in DARPs, with broader reach through workshops and classroom instruction. Building on prior NSF-funded efforts, SHINE fosters communities of practice that support liberatory, data-driven educational practices. Mixed-methods assessment will evaluate the initiative’s impact on faculty capacity, student outcomes, and institutional change. SHINE ultimately aims to enhance quantitative reasoning, improve STEM retention and graduation rates, and expand equitable access to STEM fields through a sustainable and replicable national model.
VISION
The SHINE project seeks to:
- Broaden participation in STEM by equipping faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to teach data analysis and quantitative reasoning across disciplines.
- Improve undergraduate learning and persistence by engaging students in authentic, hands-on data analysis that strengthens quantitative reasoning skills, confidence, and interest in STEM fields.
- Advance educational equity and social justice by ensuring underrepresented students gain essential data literacy skills for informed decision-making, civic engagement, and workforce success.
- Generate evidence on effective STEM pedagogy through mixed-methods evaluation of faculty development, student learning outcomes, retention, and transfer pathways.
The Components of SHINE:
- Faculty leadership program training in quantitative reasoning, data analysis, and community-based pedagogy. >
- Online numeracy training platform using adaptive, gamified modules to build foundational quantitative reasoning skills.
- Data Analysis Research Program (DARP) offering mentored, community-based undergraduate research experiences.
- National resource and opportunity repository linking numeracy-trained students to internships, jobs, and graduate pathways.
CREDITS
Financial Support
Support for the DARE projects has been provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) award #2450045. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NSF for these projects! Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Science Foundation. Please email Esther Wilder (esther.wilder@lehman.cuny.edu) if you have any questions about this project.