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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive.

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The Connections that Keep Students on Track

Scholarship America

Finally, scholarship providers are in a unique position to help students develop peer networks among their fellow recipients. Institutional and outside emergency grants , to help when students face sudden and unexpected financial setbacks.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

Bringing Federal-Level Higher Ed Experience Back to the Community President Sacks’ shared how federal-level experience gave her a different perspective as a college president: “I understand federal grants better than many of my colleagues. And that got us the grant. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.”

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

She has authored more than 155 research publications, and has received research grants from federal agencies, foundations, and corporations. Dr. Larive is a first-generation college graduate, earning her BS from South Dakota State University and her MS from Purdue University, both in chemistry.

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White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Another DEI Casualty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For instance, in April 2024, the initiative hosted the first-ever Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Higher Education Leadership Development Summit. A year prior, Berkeley had been awarded its first federal grant as an AANAPISI or Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions.