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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. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success. These coaches bridge success and retention efforts, aiding students in accessing campus resources and conducting exit interviews.

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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

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Bridging the gap in access to digital tools, skills training, and a cutting-edge curriculum is essential for empowering underrepresented groups to participate in the tech landscape. Collaborative efforts could include tutoring programs, curriculum development, and targeted interventions designed to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation. years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 years at St. Both graduated. “I

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. Watford says. It is now called Imagination.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. I track them in retention. I track them in graduation.

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