"LaGuardia Community College is truly honored to be a recipient of this generous Walmart Foundation SEMILLAS grant. The College will be able to improve the enrollment rate and retention of first generation, Latino students by providing hands-on and targeted advisement, counseling and support through the first year of their college experience."
Video Catalog
Briefing: Taking Stock: Higher Education and Latinos
On December 14, 2009, Excelencia in Education held a Capitol Hill pre-release briefing in cooperation with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute focused on,Taking Stock: Higher Education and Latinos.
This brief summarizes current data on Latinos in higher education and synthesizes the views of elected officials, service providers, and Latino students. The results highlight critical policy considerations affecting Latino students in the current higher education context and suggests steps necessary to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. Taking Stock: Higher Education and Latinos is a part of an Excelencia in Education project sponsored by the Lumina Foundation for Education.
Date:
Dec 15, 2009 
Events
Ex-Citings
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Aug 9, 2010PR Newswire
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Jul 15, 2010The New York Times
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Jun 28, 2010Hispanic Outlook Magazine
What Others Say
-Dr. Gail O. Mellow, President, La Guardia Community College
