campus partner(s)

The Catholic University of America

state(s)

DC

amount

$225,000

initiative

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

award date

05.2022

project director

Ernest Suarez; Seth Smith

Grant Summary

$225,000 over 24 months to  scale a composition course entitled Cornerstone English 101: Writing and Rhetoric; two other gateway courses called “Transformative Texts I: Citizenship and Belonging” and “Transformative Texts II: Citizens and Communities”; and roll out four pathways through general education requirements (e.g., “medical humanities”), with the goal of serving 40 percent of the incoming class by fall 2023.