Tag: Florida International University

Latinx

Excelencia Report Highlights Best Practices in Preparing Latinx Students for Workforce

In a new report, Excelencia in Education analyzed how Hispanic Serving Institutions, which enroll over 65% of Latinx students, are strategically planning for workforce success.

July 9, 2020

Latinx

Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic

Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.

April 29, 2020

Home

SV Academy Launches New Partnerships With Hopes to Diversify Silicon Valley

SV Academy, a tuition-free online vocational program for tech sales, recently partnered with two universities – Florida International University and Arizona State University – to diversify its student body, and the tech field.

December 29, 2019

Home

Undergraduate Students Explore Careers in Foreign Affairs

For the second year in a row, a select group of undergraduate students got a first-hand chance to learn about international diplomacy through a program sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

October 9, 2019

Students

Can We Fix How We Judge and Pay for College?

You can get a rating on everything — from an Uber driver to a fast food place. But for a recent college graduate like me, finding out things that matter to us about where to go to school and how to pay for it is getting harder, not easier.

September 23, 2019

News Roundup

Florida International University Awarded $2 Million to Launch Cybersecurity Apprenticeships

Florida International University received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to create a new cybersecurity apprenticeship program called Cyber-CAP. The program will train 800 cybersecurity apprentices over the course of four years. Cyber-CAP will teach participants the skills they need to earn credentials for a career in cybersecurity, according to university officials. It’s […]

September 20, 2019

Health

College Student Wellness and Mental Health Are Growing Global Issues

Measles outbreaks across the United States have put a spotlight on student health, which already has taken on a heightened sense of urgency on college campuses worldwide as schools address increasing mental health issues and related problems among degree-seekers.

May 30, 2019

News Roundup

FIU College of Law Grads Earn Highest Bar Passage Rate in State for 4th Consecutive Year

Graduates from Florida International University (FIU) College of Law have earned the highest bar passage rate among the total 11 Florida law schools for the fourth year in a row. FIU graduates exceeded the state’s average bar score by 22.7 percent on the February 2019 Florida Bar exam, with a total 80 percent passage rate. […]

April 16, 2019

Students

HSI Pathways Program Aims to Increase Hispanic Representation in the Professoriate

The goal of the HSI Pathways program is to increase the number of Latino faculty in the humanities. Funded by a five-year, $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program is on track to prepare 90 students from Florida International University, the University of Texas El Paso and California State University, Northridge – all Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) – for careers in academia.

February 25, 2019

African-American

Colleges and Universities Commemorate King Holiday

From coast to coast, institutions of higher education are presenting events to celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights legend Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 17, 2019

Latinx

Excelencia in Education Institute Brings Together Communities of Action for Latino Student Success

Being intentional about recruiting and serving Latino students, cultivating a familial community on campus and using data to implement and tailor student support initiatives were some of the strategies discussed during Excelencia in Education’s Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Institute on Friday.

October 12, 2018

Sports

NBA Icon Isiah Thomas Inspires Others to Support HBCUs

Isiah Thomas, a two-time NBA champion, is encouraging community members to support historically Black colleges and universities through a new partnership with Florida Memorial University (FMU) in Miami Gardens.

August 24, 2018