2024 What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education Excelencia in Education September 2024 Overview For 20 years, Excelencia in Education has identified and promoted evidence-based practices increasing Latino student success. Since 2005 Excelencia has received over 2,000 program submissions for Examples of Excelencia, recognized over 400 programs for their impact, and raised and awarded over $2 million in funds to programs making a positive difference for Latino students across the country. Programs at the associate, baccalaureate, graduate, and community-based organization levels are recognized for their intentional and culturally relevant asset-based efforts. Our 2024 What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education compendium recognizes the critical work that this year’s four Examples of Excelencia, eighteen finalists, and twelve Programs to Watch are doing across the nation. These programs demonstrate an intentional and aligned approach in supporting Latino and other post-traditional students academically, financially, and socially as they make their way to and through college. Excelencia in Education invites you to learn more about the recognized programs that best exemplify the spirit of Examples of Excelencia through the 2024 What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education. 2024 Examples of Excelencia ASSOCIATE LEVEL: English for Academic PurposesReading Area Community College (PA) Institution/Organization: Reading Area Community CollegeState: PennsylvaniaIssue Area: Academic ProgramProgram Focus: Bilingual/ESLLearn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/english-academic-purposes BACCALAUREATE LEVEL: The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)Washington State University (WA) Institution/Organization: Washington State UniversityState: WashingtonIssue Area: Support ServicesProgram Focus: First-Year SupportLearn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/college-assistance-migrant-program-camp-washington GRADUATE LEVEL: Project upGRADSCalifornia State University, Fullerton (CA) Institution/Organization: California State University, FullertonState: CaliforniaIssue Area: Support ServicesProgram Focus: First-Year Support, MentoringLearn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/project-upgrads COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION LEVEL: Career Pathways: Empowering Students to SucceedThe Immokalee Foundation, Inc. (FL) Institution/Organization: The Immokalee Foundation, Inc.State:FloridaIssue Area: AccessProgram Focus: Career/Workforce, ScholarshipLearn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/career-pathways-empowering-students-succeed Read More in the What Works Compendia Series Download Resources 2024 What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education
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