José Muñoz, assistant dean for Student Success in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and professor of sociology, has been invited to join the leadership of the California State University Hispanic-Serving Institution Action Research Network.
Consisting of eight CSU campuses – San Bernardino, Channel Islands, East Bay, Humboldt, Monterey Bay, Sacramento, San Marcos and Northridge – the network aims to foster cross-campus collaborations to serve Latino students better in the CSU system.
The CSU HSI Action Research Network began in 2023 and is funded by the College Futures Foundation. The network is not a program of the CSU system or individual campuses and does not represent the views of the system or the represented campuses.
The network brings together faculty, staff and student stakeholders from eight CSU campuses designated as HSIs. Together, the network aims to facilitate conversations on how the CSU system can go beyond enrolling high numbers of Latine students to serving them.
The CSU HSI Action Research Network uses a participatory action research approach to examine ongoing HSI work on each campus supporting Latine students, including specific policies and practices, to identify cross-campus best practices. It aims to identify specific policies and practices that can be changed as well as a process to evaluate how these changes impact the holistic success of Latine students and their communities. It also aims to utilize an iterative process of research to transform our own institutions and the CSU system.