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Report and New Database Identify Successful Programming for Latinx Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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CSU Opens Up Access to Transfer Planner to All California Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The platform was initially launched in August 2023 for only students engaged in CSU’s then-new Transfer Success Pathway , which guarantees CSU admission to students who attend a California community college and commit to transferring within three years.

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‘Freedom on the Move,’ Clarifying Complicity in American History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The “Freedom on the Move" database, maintained at Cornell University in partnership with several universities, is a free and open archive of “runaway slave” ads placed in newspapers in the 1700s and 1800s. This is why I’m so enamored with a database called “Freedom on the Move.” So, I did a simple search for “shoemaker.”

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Excelencia in Education Announces Finalists for 2023 Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Latino student success organization Excelencia in Education has announced finalists for the 2023 Examples of Excelencia , highlighting U.S. Adriana Rodriguez The 19 programs – selected from 103 submissions – will be put in Excelencia ’s Growing What Works Database , a national database of effective Latino student programs.

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Blocking the Transfer Portal to Prison

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The creation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) transfer portal, an online database where student-athletes submit their names with the hopes of transferring to athletic programs at other colleges and universities, has revolutionized the landscape of student-athlete recruitment and mobility.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I think that’s a huge win,” he says, adding that the NCAA has had great success in promoting, marketing, and selling women sports across the years. “We Baker says the NCAA is in the process of building a sports fan database.

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Analysis: Degree Completion Gaps for Hispanic Students are Widening

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Latino student success in higher education is not where it needs to be, according t o findings from Latino student success organization Excelencia in Education. Santiago "Our mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education,” said Dr. Deborah Santiago, lead analysis researcher and CEO of Excelencia CEO.

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