UPR:

Horizon to
Success

Colectivo Universitario
para el xito

CUA-UPR Model
Target Population: Pre-university and university students from
public housing complexes, very low income communities, or
underrepresented schools in the campus vicinity.
Goals: 1) Strengthen Post Secondary Studies Aspirations and
Academic Performance through innovative teaching/learning
approaches person to person and remote, and 2) Develop robust
literacy on academic offerings at UPR System, and develop
significant college-readiness through various innovative
initiatives (in person and remote) to warranty high graduation
rates on high risk population.

Geographic Regions
North-Center-East
Bayamn
Carolina
Cayey
Humacao
Ro Piedras

West
Mayagez (Pilot and Mentor)

Campus Profiles

UPR-Bayamn (Dra. Claritza Castro, Campus Coordinator and Co-PI)

Institutional and Community Research
Target Population: Underrepresented Schools in the Bayamn vicinity and Comero
General Components (Assignment Assistance, Tutoring and Mentoring) for Elementary, Junior
and High School levels
Elementary: 100 students
Junior: 100 students
High: 200 students
Summer Camp (Junior and High School): 80 students
UPR-Carolina (Sra. Ivelise Casado, Campus Coordinator and Sra Elisa Figueroa)
Target Population: Public Housing Residents (Carolina)
General Components (Assignment Assistance and Mentoring) for Junior and High School
Junior: 12 students
High: 19 students
Summer Camp (Junior School: 30 students)
UPR-Cayey (Dra. Isar Godreau, PI and Prof. Vernica Castro, Outreach Coordinator)
Institutional and Community Research
Target Population: Public Housing Residents (Cayey, Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Aibonito)
General Components for Junior and High School
Junior: 105 students
High: 60 students
University Students: Academic Support and Mentoring: 40 students
Summer Camp (Junior School: 40 students)
Reading, Coir and Sowing, and Literary Contest Club (Junior Students)

Campus Profiles

UPR-Humaco (Dra. Ivelisse Rivera Bonilla, Campus Coordinator and Co-PI)

Institutional and Community Research
Target Population: Vieques and Culebra Students
Junior (Vieques): 40 students
High (Vieques & Culebra): 79 students
University Students: Academic Support and Mentoring (56 students, Governing Board Policy #50)
Summer Camp (Junior: 40 students)
UPR-Mayagez (Dra. Bernadette Delgado, Campus Coordinator and Co-PI)
Institutional and Community Research
Target Population: Public Housing and Very-Poor Communities in Mayagez
General Components for Junior and High School
Junior: 72 students
High: 41 students
Math, Science, and Writing Clubs for Elementary Students: 60 students
Summer Camp (Junior and High School: 50 students)
University Students: Academic Support and Mentoring: 40 students
UPR-Ro Piedras (Dra. Mercedes Rivera, Campus Coordinator and James Seale Collazo Co-PI)
Institutional and Community Research
Target Population: Very poor communities and Public Housing (San Juan)
General Components for Elementary, Junior and High School
Elementary: 15 students
Junior: 10 students
High: 27 students
Other: 8 students
Summer Camp (Junior and High School: 40 students)
University Students: Academic Support and Mentoring (33 students, Governing Board Policy #50)

Base-Lines and Phases

North-Center-East (Baselines: Institutional and
Community Research, 2014-15 and Outreach Pilot,
2015-16)

Phase
Phase
Phase
Phase

One: Peers and Learning Communities Training

Two: Community Research and Outreach Development
Three: Outreach Activities and Evaluation
Four: Research and Outreach Dissemination

West (Baselines: Integral Pilot, 2007-2013 and

Institutional Mentor, 2014-16)

Phase
Phase
Phase
Phase

One: Peers and Learning Communities Training

Two: Community Research and Outreach Development
Three: Outreach Activities and Evaluation
Four: Research and Outreach Dissemination

General Components
After School Hybrid Academic Program
Academic Development on high risk areas
(English, Mathematics, Spanish, Math and
Verbal Reasoning) through personalizad
learning, active-or project based learning, and
multidisciplinary efforts focused on improving
instructional experiences.

Mentoring Community
Inter-Generational Mentoring Program through
personalized and remote interactions using new
media.

Other Components
Summer Camp
UPR Academic Offerings, College Board Prep,
Admission Process, and FAFSA completion
workshops using interactive and active
learning strategies. UPR Route to introduce
participants to UPR academic diversity.

Mentoring Community at University

Inter-Generational Mentoring Program for
university students through personalized
and remote interactions using new media.
Also, Peer- mentoring Program for University
students.

Academic Strategies
Personalize teaching/learning using
online courses and materials
Educational Games
Online Courses, Workshops, and Materials
Person to Person and Remote

New Media teaching/learning experiences

Online Research
Blog Development
Social Networks as Learning Communities

Electronic Classroom and Computer

Centers pre-UPR

Mentoring Strategies
Inter-Generational Mentoring Program
Professors to University Students
University Students to Middle and High School
Students
Middle and High School Students to Primary School
Students
Person to Person
Online Mentoring

Research as Mentoring Experience

Peer Mentoring
University Academic Offerings and Procedures
Academic Couching
UPR Student Ambassadors

Evaluation Criteria

Academic Program

Mentoring Program

Registration and Use Access to Success Web Page

Repeat and Increase Results on College Board Examination
University Application
University Admission
University Enrollment

University Academic Support and Mentoring Program

School Retention
Grade Completion
General GPA
English, Math and Spanish Grades
Pruebas Puertorriqueas Results (7mo, 8vo y 11)
Registration and Use Access to Success Web Page

Student Retention
Student Persistence
Student Graduation
Registration and Use Access to Success Web Page

Summer Camp

UPR Academic Offerings Literacy

Admission Process Literacy
FAFSA Literacy
Registration and Use Access to Success Web Page

Evaluation Criteria

Community Research

Outreach Research

Instruments Design
IRB Approval
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Writing and Editing
Assessment Instruments Design
Assessment Collection
Data Analysis
Writing and Editing

Dissemination

Institutional Dissemination
Target Groups Presentations
Peer Review Conference Participation
Peer Review Journal Submission
Peer Review Journal Publication

Assessment Instruments
Service Satisfaction Form
University Aspirations Form
University Daily Life Participation and
Satisfaction Form
University Integration Instrument
Activities Assessment Forms
Semester Report
Yearly Report

North-Center-East
Region

Timetable

2016-17 (Phase #1)

Recruitment
Training
Outreach coordination
2017-18 (Phase #2)
Outreach: Academic Performance to Win
Outreach: Mentoring in Community
Outreach: Research Skills: Academic Programs,
Procedures, and Academic Research and Faculty
Mentoring
Assessment Instruments Design
Community Research
2017-18 (Phase #3)
Outreach Evaluation
Community Research Analysis
Institutional Recommendations
2018-19 (Phase #4)
Community Research Dissemination
Outreach Results Dissemination

West Region

2016-17 (Phase #1)

Recruitment
Training
Outreach coordination
2017-18 (Phase #2)
Outreach: Academic Performance to Win
Outreach: Mentoring in Community
Outreach: Research Skills: Academic Programs,
Procedures, and Academic Research and Faculty
Mentoring
Assessment Instruments Design
Community Research
2017-18 (Phase #3)
Outreach Evaluation
Community Research Analysis
Institutional Recommendations
2018-19 (Phase #4)
Community Research Dissemination
Outreach Results Dissemination