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Expanding 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.

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Florida Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Student Success in Higher EducationThe newly released report, Florida Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Student Success in Higher Education, offers policy recommendations, based on recent research and discussions, to improve the educational attainment of Florida’s workforce, with a focus on Latinos. Given that a large portion of the demographic growth in Florida through 2030 will be Hispanic, the state’s economic competitiveness will be highly dependent on the educational attainment of this population. However, the educational attainment of Hispanics in Florida is low. In 2008, about 23 percent of Hispanics 25 and over in Florida had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.

This report specifies policy recommendations for higher education that can foster conversations with state legislators, public officials, education stakeholders, and college/university leaders to improve the educational attainment of all Floridians. The policy recommendations in this brief were also informed by conversations with several state legislators and their staff, institutional leaders, representatives from private foundations in Florida, and the author’s participation in the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund’s Policy Institutes on Higher Education Access and Success held in Florida March 2007 and April 2008.

This report was authored by Excelencia in Education and made possible through support from USA Funds and The Lumina Foundation for Education.

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