1. Latino Student Success and America’s Future NACADA Annual Conference October 2, 2009

2. Why look at the education of Latino students? 2 nd largest racial/ethnic group … and growing Youngest racial/ethnic group Lower educational attainment Future workforce and civic leadership

3. Release of US Census Creating the Will: Hispanics Achieving Educational Excellence Final Report from the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Year 2000

4. Year 2009 Still working on Creating the Will

5. Public perception of today’s Latino students Immigrant Undocumented English Language Learner (ELL) High school dropout

6. Actual profile of today’s Latino students U.S. born U.S. citizens English dominant High school graduate

7. Latino students in higher education Prepared by Deborah Santiago, VP for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education Majority are: First-generation Enroll part-time Attend community colleges Commute to college (live off campus) Enroll at colleges close to where live Work (off-campus) while enrolled in college Do not complete college in the traditional path (enroll right after high school and complete degree in four years)

8. Latinos and the Nation’s Youth Source: 2007 American Community Survey

9. Lumina Foundation for Education Obama Administration Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Convergence

10. Increase the percentage of American with high quality degrees and credentials from 39% to 60% by 2025

12. National initiative to identify and promote programs and institutional departments with significant evidence of improving educational achievement for Latino students in higher education. Associate, Baccalaureate and Graduate Levels

14. www.EdExcelencia.org