Higher Ed
On Oct 6, 2023
With $1.94 million in federal funding, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is launching a program that will help Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students navigate the academic, social and emotional challenges of transitioning into college.
The initiative, known as Improving AANAPI Student Outcomes Through Opportunities for Engagement, or ISOTOPE, begins next summer with academic and experiential orientation for 175 first-year AANAPI students.
ISOTOPE comes following NJIT becoming an AANAPI-serving institution and with 21% of the university’s first-year class being Asian American or Native American Pacific Islander. The threshold for that federal distinction is 10%.
The EOP model
The program is modeled after…
