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Your information source on improving Latino educational success

Welcome! Bienvenidos!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. Accelerating Latino student success now–and for the next 15 years–is vital to our national interest. 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 and promotes policies and practices that support higher educational achievement for Latino students and all students.

Modeling HSIs: Campus Practices That Work for Latino Students

Third in Excelencia Series on
Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Modeling HSIsNew report focuses on successful practices at 12 top-ranked Hispanic-Serving Institutions working to increase Latino student success. Designed to provide a closer view of effective leadership, institutional practices, and guiding principles supporting Latino student success, this report offers promising ideas and strategies for all U.S colleges and universities to bolster results for Latino students.
Learn More, Download Report or Listen to the Press Conference

VOCES (Voices) : A Profile of Today's Latino College Students

VocesProvides a synthesis of national data and the perspectives of Latino students speaking in their own voice about college affordability and opportunity. Part of the Excelencia project, Higher Education's Capacity and Affordability for Latino Students supported by Lumina Foundation for Education, VOCES (Voices) offers policy makers and institutional leaders new information to better serve this generation of Latino college goers. Learn More or Download Report.

Examples of Excelencia 2007     

The Examples of Excelencia initiative identifies and honors programs that are in the forefront of increasing achievement for Latino students in higher education. Learn more about our 2008 Examples of Excelencia events.

"In just a short time, Excelencia has played a vital role in higher education policy by focusing policymakers and higher education leaders on the needs of Latino students, and supporting states and institutions whenever and wherever they are needed."
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—The Honorable Richard W. Riley,
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP