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Growing What Works Database

Learn What Works for Latino Student Success

The Growing What Works Database is online and searchable. It is a resource for practitioners, institutional leaders, funders, and policymakers interested in evidence-based practices that accelerate Latino student success in higher education. 

Search the database below to see programs that have been recognized throughout Excelencia in Education’s 20 years of service for making a positive difference in Latino student success, including those recognized in 2024 as Examples of Excelencia and Finalists for their intentional and culturally relevant evidence-based practices.

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Bridge Program

The Bridge Program was initiated in 1998 to provide low-income and first-generation students academic tools and self-confidence to succeed in college.

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Brownsville Early College High School (BECHS)

The BECHS in partnership with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is to develop knowledgeable citizens and emerging leaders.

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Cardinal First

Cardinal First provides a supportive community for first-generation college students and their families, connecting them to faculty, resources, and information.

Career Pathways: Empowering Students to Succeed

Career Pathways: Empowering Students to Succeed

Career Pathways: Empowering Students to Succeed aims to build pathways to success for Immokalee youth, primarily Hispanic.

Center for Educational Partnerships

Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP)

CEP provides opportunities for middle and high school students to successfully progress onto college/navigate higher education.

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Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)

CLLAS transforms Wayne University and society by providing equitable access to education for students interested in U.S. Latina/o and Latin American studies.

CSUN Bridge to the Future

Bridge to the Future (B2F) Scholars Program

B2F builds a community-college-career pipeline that promotes academic success through mentoring, relationship building, and community engagement.

Cal-Bridge Program

Cal-Bridge Program

The Cal-Bridge Program creates opportunities for traditionally underrepresented groups to increase their numbers in PhD programs in physics and astronomy.

Career & Life Skills

Career & Life Skills (CLS)

CLS creates access and exposure to higher education opportunities for students who face challenges and are not supported in traditional high schools.

Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP)

Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP)

CCCP works to increase transfer rates and success of underserved community college populations by holistically equipping students with skills and knowledge.

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Center for English Language Acquisition and Culture (CELAC)

CELAC aims to increase students' retention and academic performance of Hispanic and other low-income or minority undergraduate students.

Cerritos Complete

Cerritos Complete

Cerritos Complete aims to increase college attainment and is a student success initiative focused on completing degrees or certificates on time.

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