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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

T he “Yearly Progress and Completion” report has enhanced data quality and methodology and a new dashboard with a greater range of information, including rates of enrollment, stop-out and completion for each year along the way and an indicator of student progress in each cohort. The national six-year completion rate for Black students is 43.8%

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Dr. Mildred Garcia

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Previously, García served as president of CSU Dominguez Hills beginning in 2007, where she was the eleventh female president — and first Latina president — in the California State University system. Committee on Measures of Student Success. In 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appointed García to the U.S.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

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Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

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Mission HISPA seeks to inspire Latino students to discover their potential and to ignite their desire to embrace education and achieve success. After AT&T and Southern Bell merged, HISPA leadership decided to keep the group intact and in 2007 voted to become the independent nonprofit organization it is today.

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Boldly Future Forward

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A&T has hosted six successful national conferences to address current and emerging environmental issues and solutions, and foster relationships that result in partnerships to protect and sustain the environment. We infuse ethics, character, and leadership with our courses as unique features. Under Uzochukwu’s leadership, N.C.

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