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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. The Village at Cerritos College is California’s first community college housing project exclusively for homeless students.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

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As vice president of Student Life at La Sierra University from 2007 to 2021, she led 10 departments ranging from athletics and counseling to campus security and spiritual life.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

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In this cohort, only 16% earned a bachelor’s degree — that’s just two percentage points higher than the previous cohort studied, which entered college in 2007. Just under one-third of students who begin at community college make the successful transfer to a four-year institution, and of those, only 48% earn a bachelor’s degree in six years.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

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That led to the 2007 opening of Rancourt Hall, which added 152 beds. The students don’t just get the housing, they get individualized counseling, transportation, and other supports that are comprehensive,” says CCC Chancellor Juan Salgado. The college also leases a motel, which is called Mustang Hall, with 126 beds.

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Pride in the Halls

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When Hall was an undergraduate at Bowie State University (2007–12), an HBCU in Maryland, it was a “resource desert” for LGBTQ students. Even if he wanted to go to the counseling center, there weren’t counselors competent to discuss issues related to his coming out process.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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that help learners from low-income backgrounds achieve upward mobility; provide student and employee success solutions to colleges and businesses; invest in education-focused innovations to improve learner outcomes; and provide information, tools and counseling to help millions of borrowers successfully repay their federal student loans.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Based on data gathered, we increased support services such as Ram Pantry, counseling, technology availability, and academic advising,” he continues. These data-driven decisions allow us to refine efforts to better serve our student population.”