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Dr. Wladis (Director), in partnership with other BMCC-CUNY and external research group members, currently are engaged in the following NSF-funded projects:

  • (2024-2029; Award #: 2350382). Recentering the experiences of STEM majors with dis/abilities in college: Investigating systemic factors that enable/disable students from obtaining formal & informal accommodation, National Science Foundation (NSF) EHR Core Grant, $2,251,904, Principal Investigators: Claire Wladis [PI], Alyse C. Hachey, and Catherine A. Manly.  This project will investigate how higher education structures enable or disable STEM students with dis/abilities. 
  • (2023-2028; Award # 2300725). Broadening Narratives about Math Majors: Investigating the Needs and Experiences of Community College Mathematics Majors, National Science Foundation (NSF) EHR Core Grant, $2,374,279, Principal Investigators: Claire Wladis [PI], Barry Cherkas, Jason Samuels, and Kristen Amman.  This project will directly investigate which factors impact student decisions to enroll and persist in mathematics majors in the two-year college context.
  • (2019-2025; Award # 1920599). Investigating Whether Online Course Offerings Support STEM Degree Progress, National Science Foundation (NSF) EHR Core Grant,  $2,466,374. Principal Investigators: Claire Wladis [PI], Katherine M. Conway, Alyse C. Hachey, and Christopher Rhoads. This project will explore the relationship between online course availability and academic momentum (the number of credits in which a student enrolls) and STEM persistence, as well as investigate scarcity of alternate course sections as a potential moderating variable in explaining observed patterns.
  • (2018-2025; Award # 1760491). Developing, Field-Testing, and Validating An Elementary Algebra Concept Inventory Database For Use In The College Context,  National Science Foundation (NSF) EHR Core Grant, $1,500,000, Principal Investigators: Claire Wladis [PI], Katheleen Offenholley, Mils Myszkowski, and John Verkuilen. The aim of this project is to generate a calibrated item pool of 200 validated questions that assess conceptual understanding in college algebra. 

Past Funding

  • (2015-2018; Award #: 1431649). Can Student Characteristics Be Used to Effectively Identify Students At-Risk in the Online STEM Environment? National Research Foundation (NSF) EHR Core Grant, $719,108. Principal Investigators: Claire Wladis [PI], Alyse C. Hachey and Katherine M. Conway. This project sought to find out if differences exist between online and face-to-face STEM courses and college outcomes and more specifically, if characteristics of students may be used to predict if certain students are at greater risk of course or college dropout in the online STEM environment compared to their peers. The researcher surveyed roughly 100,000 students and merged this with Institutional Research data to create the largest known dataset on online college students that includes important life factors such as work, family, and time use.
  • (2015-2018). Assessing Factors that Impact the Course and College Completion Rates of Students at BMCC and CUNY,  Internal Research Award, $278,981. Primary Investigators: Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey and Katherine M. Conway: This project assessed factors that impact the course and college completion rates of students at BMCC and CUNY in order to inform eLearning policy. It used  logistic and ordinary linear regression models, along with propensity score matching and sensitivity analysis, to analyze the impact of student characteristics and eLearning program structures and policies on online courses and subsequent college outcomes.
  • (2014-2015). Online Course-taking, Access, and Persistence in Higher Education in the U.S. and Germany, CUNY Fellowship Award, $74,860, Primary Investigator: Claire Wladis
  • (2014) Online Course-taking, Access, and Persistence in Higher Education in the U.S. and Germany, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/ German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Visit Grant for Faculty, $9,255.,  Primary Investigator: Claire Wladis 
  • (2012-2014; ) Online STEM Students At-Risk: Building a Model of Online STEM Student Retention at the Community College, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research Award,  $25,000, Primary Investigators: Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey and Katherine M. Conway.
  • (2013-2013) An Investigation of Prior Experience and Course Type as Factors Affecting Online STEM Student Retention and Success, CUNY Community College Collaborative Incentive (C3IRG) Research Grant, $15,000, Primary Investigators: Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey and Katherine M. Conway.

 

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