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Latinx

Institutions Stepping Up to Serve Hispanic Students

As colleges and universities work to reach enrollment and college completion goals, increased focus has turned to the Hispanic populations in their communities.

October 2, 2019

Latinx

Puerto Rico’s Higher Ed Institutions Show Resilience After 2017 Hurricanes

In September 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria blasted through Puerto Rico and wrecked Inter American University’s campus in Arecibo and left many of its students displaced. Following the storms, student enrollment tumbled.

October 1, 2019

Latinx

Emerging HSIs Step Up to Serve Hispanic, Latinx Students

Research from organizations like the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Excelencia in Education indicates that the number of HSIs in the U.S. will continue to grow as Hispanic and Latino students increasingly graduate from high schools across the country.

July 9, 2019

Students

Concordia University Texas Receives Hispanic-Serving Institution Designation

Concordia University Texas, a small, liberal arts and sciences institution in Austin, is the latest school to be designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education.

January 22, 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

Latinx

Excelencia in Education Report Examines HSI Graduates’ Life Outcomes

Leaders and individuals committed to the success of Latino students in higher education gathered for a collaborative panel discussion following the release of Excelencia in Education and Gallup’s report “Examining Life Outcomes Among Graduates of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).”

September 11, 2018

Latinx

HSI Increases Reflect Growing Student Enrollment, Matriculation

New data analysis about Hispanic Serving Institutions from Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reveals that such institutions are on the rise around the country, including in less-expected states such as Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee.

June 5, 2018

Latinx

Study Tackles Issues of Latino College Access, Completion

A study by UnidosUS in collaboration with the Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill highlights challenges of college access, affordability and long-term success for Latino students.

April 30, 2018

Latinx

Accelerating Latino Success in Postsecondary Education is Focus for Excelencia

Excelencia convened higher education and nonprofit leaders in Washington, D.C. late last week to celebrate programs and institutions that are doing particularly outstanding work advancing Latino student success at all levels of the educational pathway, from K-12 to graduate school.

October 8, 2017

Students

Penn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty Pipeline

Many colleges and universities across the United States have committed to recruiting more faculty of color. In some cases, they are facing pressure from students to do so. Recent student protests at institutions like the University of Missouri centered around the dearth of faculty of color on campus, among other issues. Yet, despite intentional efforts […]

February 6, 2017

Students

Experts Say Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth

Between 2003 and 2014, the percentage of Latinos among all faculty members grew from 2 to 4 percent, while the ratio of Latino students to Latino faculty rose from 80:1 to 90:1 over the same period.

September 22, 2016

Students

GVSU Committed to Advancing Success of Latino Students

In August, about 80 Latino students and their families will be welcomed at Grand Valley State University for the third annual Laker Familia, an orientation specific to Latino/a students. We include the parents and siblings of our new students during a portion of this orientation because we want the entire family to feel comfortable with […]

July 11, 2016