Faculty and Staff Perspectives On Bilingualism In Higher Education: A Tale of Two HSIs

To provide research on Latinx identity and belonging among Spanish-English bilingual STEM students at two HSIs (HCC and John Jay); To provide research on language proficiency of Spanish-English bilingual STEM students at HCC and John Jay; To evaluate institutional capacity and identify best practices for creating a Bilingual STEM Transfer Pipeline at HCC and John Jay Data come from interviews with faculty and administrators on both campuses.Fall 2019 Enrollment (FT/PT) • 13,746 • 42.3% Hispanic • 57% women Fall 2024 Enrollment (FT/PT) • 11,678 • 50.5% Hispanic • 64% female