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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% years in 2021-22.” The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation, took the reigns in 2021-2022, followed by Dr. H. In 2021, AERA’s leadership named Dr. Edmund W. Richard Milner IV, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education in 2022-2023. Dr. William Tate IV Gordon, who is 102, served is the John M. “You

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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population is 12% Black and 19% Hispanic, but in 2021 only 5% of PhDs in STEM fields were earned by Black individuals and 8% by Hispanic individuals. Espinosa said this exposes students at MSIs to research opportunities and mentoring. The PWI is learning from the HBCU on what it means to take a talent development mindset.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

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identify as Black, according to a 2021 report from the bipartisan research organization New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, a group of U.S. Dr. Leslie Gonzales, an associate professor in the higher, adult, and lifelong learning unit at Michigan State University, has been a mentor to Hall.

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Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

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Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Athletics and Academics

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Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We I always tell people you have to learn how to work hard.”

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Building Strong College-to-Career Pathways for TRIO Students: Insights from Industry Experts

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Boyden Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Evidence-based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Mentoring really works, but it is unevenly distributed,” said Rhodes. In addition, the mentor has to be well-trained, which requires more than the one hour of training that most mentoring programs offer. “We