California Lutheran University and Moorpark College have received a $3.75 million federal grant to help more underrepresented students graduate from college.
The colleges will work together to redesign classes to create more culturally relevant content for groups like Latinos.
The project calls for as many as 50 classes at Cal Lutheran and at Moorpark College to be revamped. The hope is the effort will increase the graduation rate.
Meanwhile, Cal Lutheran is also getting a $2.7 million dollar federal grant to get more Latino students interested in become teachers. University officials say Latinos currently make up less than eight percent of the nation’s teaching pool. Cal Lutheran is the parent of KCLU Radio.
