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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

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After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

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ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities. Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

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Central Oregon Community College (COCC) opened its current housing facility, Wickiup Hall, in 2016. Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” Campus housing could have a discernable impact on retention and graduation. versus 83.8% EHS President and CEO Jeffrey H.

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Puerto Rican Resilience Is a Lesson for the Mainland

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Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Even though UAGM - Gurabo enrollment dropped from 17,167 in 2016 to 13,553 in 2020, Méndez Méndez and other leaders made conscious decisions that would keep the cost of tuition level. 6 and 7, 2020 at a 5.8

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Examples of Excelencia

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Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. Assistant professor and program coordinator Eleisha Moreno, who has worked with EAP since 2016, says this recognition from Excelencia in Education is validating.

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