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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

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There is also instruction in job-search skills such as interviewing and resumes, and in relevant life skills, such as teamwork, stress management, and financial literacy. And thanks to a grant from Sound Transit, tuition, normally $5,000, is waived. The first cohort gra duated in fall 2021.

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Examples of Excelencia

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The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. Assistant professor and program coordinator Eleisha Moreno, who has worked with EAP since 2016, says this recognition from Excelencia in Education is validating.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. Since 2016, Latino graduation rates have increased by 16%, while the rate for all students increased 5%. “We

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

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All three of these initiatives the refugee course, the ARISE program and the multilingual writing center are funded through federal grants for schools designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution or AANAPISI. The department administers grants for AANAPISIs and MSIs. San Antonio College.

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