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By the year 2025, nearly one-quarter of the nation’s college-age population will be Latino, but not enough are earning college and university degrees. To ensure the high caliber of tomorrow’s workforce and civic leadership, Excelencia in Education links research, policy, and practice to inform policymakers and institutional leaders who in turn promote policies and practices that support higher educational achievement for Latino and all students. Learn More

Call for Nominations Now Open

Examples of Excelencia

Examples of Excelencia is the only data driven initiative to recognize programs and departments with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels.

Nominate a program or department.

Complete a profile if you are directly involved with a program or department making a positive difference for Latino students in higher education.

Learn more about the of the Examples of Excelencia initiative.

Learn more about the 2011 Examples of Excelencia.

Ensuring America's Future (EAF)

Roadmap for Ensuring America's Future

The evidence is clear. America cannot become the world leader in college degrees by 2020 or have the globally competitive workforce of the future without a tactical plan for increasing Latino college completion.

Learn more through the Roadmap for Ensuring America's Future, the product of collaboration among 60 national partners.

Learn more about the Ensuring America's Future initiative, partners, and informational tools.

Informed by: Benchmarking Latino College Completion to Meet National Goals: 2010 to 2020  Read

Federal: Federal Policy and Latino College Completion Read

State: Latino College Completion: California Read
Latino College Completion: Texas Read
Latino College Completion: Pennsylvania Read
Latino College Completion: Florida Read

Supported by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, and the Kresge Foundation.

New Analysis: Hispanic-Serving Institutions

HSIs 2009-2010 (Hispanic-Serving Institutions)

• Essay, Creating a List of
  Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)

• List of 2009-10 HSIs
• Fact Sheet
• List of HSIs with Graduate Programs
• List of Emerging HSIs

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