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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. Another element of professional development is for faculty so that they can be more effective mentors and advisors. GPA and a persistence rate of 94.4%.

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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a nonprofit organization focused on empowering historically excluded groups with financial literacy. Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. She has partnered with FOSSI, or the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative, to give financial literacy workshops to FOSSI scholars.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Lynn Mahoney “We have been tracking the effectiveness of numerous programs, including peer mentoring and learning communities as well as student progress to graduation,” says SFSU president Dr. Lynn Mahoney. Latinx participation in the Metro College Success Program learning community increased by 25% between 2019 and 2024.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. With this in mind, we (Hines and Fletcher) compiled the collection of readings by prominent scholars, as described herein. Dr. Erik M. link] Dr. Edward C.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. Starting in 2019, there has been no statistically significant difference in one-year or two-year persistence between these two groups. That analysis attributed much of the effect to living on campus.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients

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His pioneering work expanding broadband access and promoting digital literacy has allowed countless low-income students to pursue their educational aspirations. House of Representatives clerk from 2019 until 2023 and is joining Radio Free America to help set up a Voice of Africa bureau within that organization. Johnson served as U.S.