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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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An Unexpected Key to Performance in Gateway Math Courses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These classes, such as Introductory Algebra, Statistics, and Trigonometry, have some of the highest rates of failure among all offerings at two-year schools and are considered one of the biggest barriers to an associate degree and to upward transfer, particularly for Black and Latinx students.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. Emerging HSIs have a Latinx undergraduate enrollment rate between 15% and 24.9%. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. Latinx population could reach 111.2

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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

LaGuardia is an MSI twice over — it meets the minimum demographic thresholds to qualify as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). Forty-four percent of undergraduate enrollment is Latinx, and 20% is Asian American.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several racial demographics domestically – including underrepresented minorities (URM) – saw declines, with first-time graduate enrollment falling 5.7% for Hispanic/Latinx students. And many demographics did see increases in total graduate enrollment, with total enrollment rising by 9.9% among Hispanic/Latinx students, 1.9%

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mercy is the largest private institution in New York that also qualifies as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with 44% of their student population identifying as Latinx. Leaders at both Mercy and MSC hope this partnership and credential will move the demographics in the industry to more closely represent the make-up of the country.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Physicians of color do not mirror their population demographics. Just 6% of physicians identify as Latinx, but Latinx Americans are 19% of the population and the fastest growing demographic. A 2023 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) found that only 5.7% of the population.

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