Join the Mission As Latinos become the largest minority in higher education but don’t yet achieve the same outcomes as other groups, our institutions need to do more to give them a fair shot at realizing their dreams. We need Excelencia to accelerate Latino student success. Henry Cisneros, former U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Momentum is Building Excelencia in Education’s mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education, thereby expanding our country’s human capital and leadership. Linking research, policy, and practice, Excelencia promotes institutional practices and educational policies that support Latino student achievement. Our guiding theory of action is as follows - we can make a measurable difference in increasing Latino student success in higher education by: building a social movement that is informing decision makers, showing them what can be done, and holding them accountable; working within institutions and organizations within sectors to provide assistance and compel action; and creating a supportive community of action-oriented advocates. Get Involved to Accelerate Latino Student Success Join Excelencia's national network of programs, presidents and chancellors with the common cause of increasing Latino student success in higher education. Nominate programs for the annual Examples of Excelencia, the only national initiative to identify and promote programs at the forefront of advancing educational achievement for Latino students in higher education. Support Excelencia in Education Presidents for Latino Student Success (P4LSS) Examples of Excelencia
