The Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery (RADD) Consortium for the Reform of Federal Student Aid Grants and Work-Study The Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery (RADD) Consortium for the Reform of Federal Student Aid Grants and Work-Study: Our Agenda for Reform provides policy recommendations to the federal student aid and work-study programs that improve college access and support retention and completion for post-traditional students.
The Impact of Financial Aid on Student College Access and Success: The San Antonio Experience The Impact of Financial Aid on Student College Access and Success: The San Antonio Experience is co-authored by two community leaders, Noé C. Ortiz and Eyra A. Pérez. Commissioned by Excelencia in Education to inform - the San Antonio case demonstrates how a community can partner across different sectors and institutions to remove financial aid as a barrier for students to access postsecondary education.
Supporting Latino Community College Students: An Investment in Our Economic Future Most Latino students who enroll in college begin at community colleges. This paper highlights how Excelencia in Education, Single Stop USA, and innovative community colleges across the country are making smart changes in their student services that are helping thousands of Latino students access millions of dollars in supports and services that can help keep them in college.
Using a Latino Lens to Reimagine Aid Design and Delivery Federal financial aid is critical to student access and success in postsecondary education for many students, including most Latinos. However, current realities are challenging the effectiveness of federal financial aid policy today.
Student Aversion to Borrowing: Who Borrows and Who Doesn't This report highlights the borrowing patterns of students who choose to enroll in college and provides suggestions about why certain students may not borrow, even when borrowing seems to be a logical choice.
How Latino Students Pay For College: Patterns of Financial Aid in 2003-04 Although the percentage of Latino students receiving financial aid for college is at an all-time high, Latinos receive the lowest average federal aid awards of any racial or ethnic group, according to a new report released August 10, 2005, by Excelencia in Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.
Latino Faculty in Postsecondary Education Research suggests that diversity on campus—both student diversity and faculty diversity—benefits all students by providing diverse perspectives and expanding cultural competencies for all students and contributing to the persistence and degree attainment of students of color.
Pathway Programs: An Approach to Increasing Latino Student Degree Attainment Pathway programs align academic and student support services through transitions between educational institutions, which can increase students’ persistence to degree attainment. This brief explores how pathways serve Latino students and provides examples of programs.
Latino Males: Mentoring for the Future Although strides have been made in the past 10 years and Latino male college enrollment has increased by 75 percent, they still lag behind their peers in both enrollment and completion. This brief provides a summary of Latino males in postsecondary education and examples of programs increasing Latino males’ success.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degrees are a key focus for many communities to address workforce needs. Yet less than 10 percent of STEM degrees and certificates awarded annually are to Latinos. To increase Latino representation in STEM jobs, colleges need to recruit, retain, and graduate more Latino STEM students.
Latino Adult Learners in Higher Education Latinos are a young and fast growing population in education, but there are also opportunities to address the educational attainment of adults. Two-thirds of Latino adults have earned a high school diploma or less. This factsheet provides a snapshot of Latino adults in higher education.