The University of California Office of the President announced its biannual Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grants, funding 16 collaborative projects encompassing issues from management of the citrus industry and homelessness to immigration and equality.
UC Merced sociology Professor Zulema Valdez is one of five co-PIs on the UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity, which garnered a $270,000 grant.
The project will address the significant academic, financial and social-emotional strains on the UC system’s immigrant students. The project’s goal is to reduce inequalities and guide policy across the UC system and beyond.
Valdez said the collaborative will develop and implement community-engaged and policy-relevant research aimed at improving the education and well-being of undocumented students and U.S. citizen students from mixed-status households (those with undocumented or lawful permanent resident immigrant parents).”
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