These 7 colleges keep track of Latino students' success after they graduate

Several Hispanic-Serving Institutions have implemented ways to assist Latino students after degree completion, an analysis by Excelencia in Education finds.

A new report highlights the strategies used by seven colleges to make sure their Latino students succeed after graduating. 

The analysis released this month from Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit group focused on boosting Latino college completion, describes how Hispanic-serving institutions are helping to redefine the role colleges and universities play in the lives of students even after they leave campus. HSIs are defined by the Department of Education as having a student population that is at least a quarter Hispanic.

The seven schools include Austin Community College, California State University-Fullerton, Long Beach City College, Texas State University, University of Arizona, University of Illinois Chicago and Wilbur Wright College.

Teams on each of the campuses worked for about half a year to conduct internal assessments of how they continue to serve their Latino students after graduating, or what the report calls “post-completion” of a degree. 

According to the report, many of the schools have made gains when it comes to closing equity gaps in the post-completion success of their Latino students. Gabriel Bermea, a senior research analyst at Excelencia and the author of the analysis, said the data the nonprofit collects is “always around demonstrating impact.” 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/7-colleges-keep-track-latino-students-success-graduate-rcna39148

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