HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM FOR URBAN AFFAIRS INC
2233 UNIVERSITY AVE W 210, ST PAUL, MN 55114 www.hecua.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROVIDES THE STUDENTS OF ITS MEMBER COLLEGES WITH OFF-CAMPUS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMS, BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

SERVED 151 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM A CONSORTIUM POOL OF 26 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN SEMESTER AND SHORT-TERM ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. PROVIDED 133 OF THESE STUDENTS WITH INTERNSHIPS FOCUSING ON SUBSTANTIVE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER GROWTH IN THE FIELDS OF PUBLIC POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. CONDUCTED 13 EXPERIENTIAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY, COMMUNITY-BASED OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS (12 DURING THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS, AND 1 DURING THE JANUARY TERM) IN SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, THE SOUTH PACIFIC, AND THE UNITED STATES. EACH WAS OPEN TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS FROM HECUA'S MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS NON-MEMBER INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE. HECUA'S SEMESTER-LONG INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ECUADOR, ITALY, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND BRING STUDENTS INTO DIRECT DIALOGUE WITH CITIZENS AND LOCAL LEADERS THROUGH STUDY, FIELD VISITS, HOMESTAYS, STRUCTURED TRAVEL, CRITICAL REFLECTION, AND SIGNIFICANT INTERNSHIPS. INTERNSHIPS RANGE FROM 10 HOURS A WEEK IN NORWAY TO NEARLY 25 HOURS A WEEK IN ECUADOR. SEMESTER-LONG PROGRAMS IN THE TWIN CITIES USE THE METROPOLITAN LANDSCAPE AS A BACKDROP FOR EXPLORING PRESSING ISSUES IN STUDENTS' HOME COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DISPARITIES, PUBLIC AND PROTEST ART, AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TOOLS OF MEDIA PRODUCTION. THE INTEGRATION OF RESPECTED COMMUNITY FACULTY MEMBERS IN TWIN CITIES' PROGRAMS OFFERS STUDENTS AN ON-THE-GROUND PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN THEIR FIELD OF STUDY. EACH PROGRAM IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO INCORPORATE CURRENT EVENTS, RELEVANT THEORY, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRACTICAL SKILL ACQUISITION. HECUA OFFERS STUDENTS UNABLE TO SPEND A FULL SEMESTER OFF CAMPUS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN HIGH-IMPACT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH TWO SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS. THE JANUARY-TERM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN ECUADOR, INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, AND THE SUMMER TERM U.S.-BASED PROGRAM RACE IN AMERICA TAKES STUDENTS ON A BUS TOUR OF SOUTHERN STATES THAT FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SUMMER PROGRAMMING WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HECUA SUSTAINED TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR STUDENTS COMING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAM. TRIO SERVES HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY LOW- INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS. BECAUSE LOW-INCOME AND FIRST- GENERATION STUDENTS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE OF COLOR, THESE GRANTS JOIN THE "SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE" AS ONE OF HECUA'S CONCRETE COMMITMENTS TO BEING AN ANTIRACIST ORGANIZATION. COMPLETED THE ON SITE PORTION OF AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW AND A SITE VISIT OF COMMUNITY INTERNSHIPS IN LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM IN ECUADOR. FINAL PROGRAM REVIEW WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2020-2021. SUCCESSFULLY RECALLED ALL 31 STUDENTS IN SPRING PROGRAMS ABROAD DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STUDENTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND, ECUADOR, AND NEW ZEALAND WERE RETURNED SAFELY TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND KENYA.

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