Study Names Colleges Graduating the Most Latino Students
The nonprofit group Excelencia in Education recently named the top colleges graduating Latinos in 2009-10 in a new report, Finding Your Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos. Colleges...
View ArticleStudy Examines Latino College Completion Rates in Every State
Latino students continue to struggle with lower college graduation rates when compared with other groups, according to a new study by the group Excelencia in Education that examines rates in all 50...
View ArticleReport Names Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos in STEM Fields
A new report by the advocacy group Excelencia in Education found that Latinos earned just eight percent of all the degrees and certificates awarded in STEM-related professions in 2009-10. STEM...
View ArticleExcelencia in Education Highlights Programs Promoting Latino College Completion
Over the past seven years, the advocacy group Excelencia in Education has compiled an impressive list of programs that are working to improve the college graduation rates of Latinos. Every year, the...
View ArticleReport: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Achieving Success
Latino college students tend to be highly concentrated in a small number of schools known as Hispanic-Serving Institutions—public and non-profit colleges where 25 percent or more of the undergraduate...
View ArticleReport: Consider Latinos When Redesigning Federal Financial Aid
The advocacy group Excelencia in Education has released a new report focused on the importance of taking the Latino college student experience into consideration if and when the federal financial aid...
View ArticleInitiatives Target Improving Education in South Texas
The predominantly Latino communities along the border between Texas and Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley are some of the most impoverished in the nation. The Valley’s residents have long struggled with...
View ArticleAnalysis: More Colleges See Large Latino Enrollments
About 54 percent of all U.S. Latino undergraduate college students in 2011-12 attended Hispanic-Serving Institutions, a new analysis has found. HSIs are federally defined as those accredited colleges...
View ArticleReport: ‘One-Stop’ Services Help Latino College Students
A new report outlines how community colleges can improve retention and completion rates for Latino students — in particular, through targeted financial counseling and assistance. The report,...
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