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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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Cooperative Doctoral Program in Pharmacy (CDPP)

CDPP encourages students from the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo regions of South Texas to pursue pharmacy as a career.

Cumbres Teacher Preparation Program

Cumbres Teacher Preparation Program

The Cumbres program at UNC is a scholarship and support program for students who are planning to become English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers.

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Department of Mathematics

The Mathematics Department at UT Austin has created a cadre of Hispanic mathematics teachers and professors.

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DirectConnect

Accelerating Hispanic college transfer and degree completion is an intentional part of DirectConnect, as is a commitment to practices and policies that produce positive results.

Dual Credit and Early College High School program

Dual Credit and Early College High School

El Paso Community College's Dual Credit and Early College High School program gives high school students opportunities to earn college credit.

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Dual Language Program of the Honors College

The Dual Language program aspires to offer an intensive, challenging curriculum in English and Spanish to a special population of gifted, bilingual students.

Crosby Scholars Program

Crosby Scholars Program

The Crosby Scholars Program assists all Forsyth County public middle and high school students in preparing themselves for successful college enrollment.

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Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry at SUNY University at Buffalo has a concerted effort to attract and recruit students into their graduate chemistry program.

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Department of Occupational Therapy

The Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) prepares graduate-level professionals to meet the challenges of health care and community environments.

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Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE)

DPE operates programs to advance the representation, inclusion, engagement, and achievement of all members of the College of Engineering community.

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Dual Enrollment Academy (DEA)

The DEA Programs provide Hispanic students a unique opportunity to earn an associate degree from South Texas College tuition-free while completing high school.

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ENgaging LAtino Communities for Education (ENLACE) - University of New Mexico

ENLACE is dedicated to empowering marginalized Hispanic/Latino communities through a comprehensive educational pipeline.

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