UIW Graduate Support Center honored by 卓越教育
从左到右依次为. David Ortiz, Texas House of Representative and UIW graduate, Justin Rodriguez, and UIW president Dr. 小路易斯·阿格内塞.
San Antonio – Elected officials and higher education leaders from across America came together at the St. 里吉斯华盛顿，D.C. hotel today to honor the University of the Incarnate Word’s Graduate Support Center as the nation’s top program for increasing achievement for Latino students in graduate school.
The Graduate Support Center was selected from among 217 programs from 26 states, 波多黎各, and the District of Columbia nominated in four categories: associates degree, 学士学位, 研究生学位, and community-based organization. Conceived and run by Excelencia in Education, this is the only national initiative to systematically identify, 识别, and catalogue evidence-based programs that improve Latino college success.
“This honor is confirmation of our efforts to improve the graduation rate of Hispanic students in higher education, especially those pursuing master’s degrees,”医生说。. Lou Agnese, President of the University of the Incarnate Word. “In the United States, very few Hispanics have master’s degrees. 这是必要的, 然后, that every effort is made to improve the graduation rate of Hispanic students who are pursuing master’s-level studies.”
今天的发布会, Celebraciòn de Excelencia, coincided with the release of the 2014 edition of “What Works for Latino Student Success in Higher Education,” a compendium of all 29 识别d programs along with the evidence of their success. 通过这个年度过程, Excelencia in Education continues to grow America’s largest inventory of programs and strategies that education leaders, 政策制定者, and others tap into to accelerate degree completion among Latinos.
This is the ninth annual release of Examples of Excelencia. Excelencia in Education has systematically reviewed more than 700 programs to identify and 识别 125 programs and departments – including, 这是今年第一次, community-based organizations – that demonstrate with evidence that they effectively boost Latino enrollment, 演出与毕业.
“The University of the Incarnate Word is at the forefront of meeting the challenge of improving higher educational achievement for Latino students,莎丽塔·布朗说, president of Excelencia in Education.
例如，UIW排名第1. 1 nationally among private universities in awarding 学士学位s to Hispanics.
“No longer should 政策制定者 and institutional leaders ask how to improve college success for Latinos – we have the largest accumulation of proven examples and tested strategies that show them how,布朗说. “Today’s question is do leaders have the will to put these practices into action.”
To download “What Works for Latino Student Success in Higher Education,” which includes detailed information about all of the programs 识别d today, 访问 www.EdExcelencia.org.
“By sharing what works we hope to support educators, 社区领袖, 资助者, and 政策制定者 to take an asset-based approach to serving Latino students,黛博拉·圣地亚哥说, COO and vice president of Excelencia in Education and author of the publication. “最终, we strive to inspire and support replicating and bringing to scale evidence-based practices that serve Latino students and thus serve the country.”
Examples of Excelencia is the only national initiative to systematically identify and promote evidence-based programs and departments effectively boosting Latino enrollment, 演出与毕业. It is presented in collaboration with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). 2014年的赞助商是ACT, Univision, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 德大学, and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
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CONTACT: Margaret Garcia, associate director public relations, (210) 422-4052, mlgarci2@uiwtx.edu
卓越教育
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, 卓越教育 is a Washington, D.C. based national non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate Latino student success in higher education.