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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. An example of an academic support program at Merced is EXCEL!, Currently, 60.1%

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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. They learn about what we call the hidden curriculum of grad school,” Janssen says. We hire their teachers after school to provide the curriculum.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs.

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Bullying

SRI Education

Intervene early with both social-emotional and academic supports. Schools who identify and support children who start to struggle academically may help to improve the children’s behavior and social functioning, which may help children’s risks for experiencing bullying or victimization (Chong et al., 2019; Oncioiu et al.,