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Excelencia in Education, 2021
What works to improve the success of Latino college students? Examples of "Excelencia" is the only national effort to identify and promote evidence-based programs accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Since 2005, "Excelencia" in Education has recognized over 350 programs making a positive difference in the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Success, Evidence Based Practice
Excelencia in Education, 2020
How can institutions and communities accelerate Latino student success? Examples of "Excelencia" is the only national effort to identify and promote evidence-based programs accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Since 2005, "Excelencia" in Education has recognized over 300 programs making a positive difference…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education)
Biswas, Radha Roy – Jobs for the Future, 2011
The nation's 1,200 community colleges are well positioned to strengthen the workforce of one of America's most critical sectors--health care. They can provide training and credentialing for incumbent workers in health care and to prepare new workers to succeed in and meet the workforce demands for this sector--expanding individual opportunity and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Careers, Community Colleges, College Role
Gruber, David – Workforce Strategy Center, 2004
National data increasingly show that the prevailing model of workforce development-- job search and basic training leading to an entry-level job-- does little to promote economic self sufficiency or career progression. In the face of strong evidence that some form of post-secondary training and education is needed to support a family, there is a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Organizations, Low Income Groups, Labor Force Development