Research

Creating knowledge about Latino students in higher education

Excelencia in Education was founded with the belief that increasing knowledge about the current condition of Latino educational achievement, combined with data driven research and analysis will strengthen public policy and institutional practices and accelerate higher education success for Latino students.

Excelencia offers stakeholders information that identifies policy options and the potential outcomes of policy decisions on Latinos in higher education. Providing summarized materials and other publications on key issues, Excelencia makes use of the limited but growing research currently available on Latinos in higher education. Excelencia principals work with strategic partners to grow the action based research agenda and provide accurate and results based synopses.

Policy Briefs
Includes a listing of our published research and public policy briefs.

Hispanic Serving Institutions
Provides access to Excelencia's publications specific to HSIs.

Fast Facts
One-page fact sheets providing statistical snapshots about Latinos in the nation's education system from early childhood through graduate education. Fact sheets stimulate a dialogue on Latino student achievement based on student performance, both strengths and needs.

Top 25 Institutions
Some institutions of higher education are graduating large numbers of Latinos in diverse fields. The following lists identify the top 25 Latino-graduating institutions of higher education.

What Works
Today as never before educators and policymakers are looking to invest in strategies that show evidence of effectiveness. Focusing on Latino students is important because the Latino population is large, growing, and relatively young, with overall lower educational achievement than other racial/ethnic groups.

Links
Recommended sites with information about Latinos and higher education.