Latino Student Success
Excelencia in Education has led the Latino Student Project Series since 2004 to develop greater understanding about institutional leadership and practices to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The current project, Achieving LAtino Student Success (ALASS) works with eight Texas border institutions.
The findings and learning from this multi-phase effort explore the following critical question:
What does it mean to academically serve Latino students?
The Latino Student Success (LSS) project began with the participation of six institutions that enroll large percentages of Latino students in states with the highest Latino population: California, New York and Texas. Building on these initial efforts, the second phase of the project engaged six community colleges in the same locations that also prepare and transfer Latino college students
The willingness to critically examine their institutional data and practices to improve Latino student success in the context of achievement for all students demonstrated by these 12 campus teams offers an important model for other educational leaders.
Guided by the results of these projects, Excelencia developed the Latino Student Success Inquiry Model to guide other institutions willing to critically examine how they serve Latino students.
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presidents' perspectives
- "Institutions should give Latino students all the opportunities they need to be successful and help lower the barriers they face to succeed. And we must ensure they receive quality services...
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- - Ricardo Fernandez, President, City University of New York, Lehman College
- "My job is to develop a culture that believes every student can excel at the highest level and to create opportunities for them to succeed at those levels..."
- - James M. Rosser. President, California State University, Los Angeles
- "To be an HSI is to be at the forefront of change in higher education because of the shift of demographics. We have an opportunity to be trend-setters..."
- - Diana Natalicio, President, The University of Texas at El Paso