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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 Purposes
Reading Area Community College (PA)

Institution/Organization: Reading Area Community College

State: Pennsylvania

Issue Area: Academic Program

Program Focus: Bilingual/ESL

Learn 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 University

State: Washington

Issue Area: Support Services

Program Focus: First-Year Support

Learn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/college-assistance-migrant-program-camp-washington

GRADUATE LEVEL: Project upGRADS
California State University, Fullerton (CA)

Institution/Organization: California State University, Fullerton

State: California

Issue Area: Support Services

Program Focus: First-Year Support, Mentoring

Learn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/project-upgrads

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION LEVEL: Career Pathways: Empowering Students to Succeed
The Immokalee Foundation, Inc. (FL)

Institution/Organization: The Immokalee Foundation, Inc.

State:Florida

Issue Area: Access

Program Focus: Career/Workforce, Scholarship

Learn More: www.edexcelencia.org/programs-initiatives/growing-what-works-database/career-pathways-empowering-students-succeed

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