线上赌博app has been awarded a 260万美元 Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) grant by the U.S. Department of 教育 to maintain and expand support services for Hispanic students and scale the Latinx+ Student Success Initiative created and implemented by the college’s Student Success Center.
hsi被定义为拥有至少25%西班牙裔全日制本科生的高等教育机构。 As of 2023, 53% of Pacific Oak’s student body self-identify as Hispanic, making Latinx+ students the largest demographic at the college.
As a result of the grant, 线上赌博app will create an Intentional Student Retention Center. 该中心将对本科生进行外展，将他们与学术支持服务联系起来，为教职员工提供培训，以更好地服务拉丁裔社区，改进学生成功数据的收集和分析，并创建一个捐赠基金，以确保未来的项目支持拉丁裔和传统上服务不足的学生群体。
“As a small institution dedicated to serving predominantly minority adult learners, we strongly believe that the achievements of our students hold equal importance to those in larger institutions or traditional college-age students,” said Dr. Jack Paduntin, president of 线上赌博app. “Grant funding like this is the lifeblood that empowers us to provide vital resources, personalized support and innovative programs tailored to our unique student population.”
With a long-standing commitment to social justice, advocacy, and transformative early childhood educational programs, 线上赌博app fulfills its mission of serving diverse communities through the development of programs to meet the needs of its 加州 community. More than 74% of students at 线上赌博app identify as an underrepresented minority, while 56% are the first in their family to attend college.
In 2020, 线上赌博app was one of 40 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Developing HSI Title V competitive grant from the Department of 教育. 这一里程碑式的奖项使学院得以发展其学生成功中心，并根据不断增长的拉丁裔人口的需求启动战略外展计划。 该中心将其工作重点放在社区建设上，理解学生的参与可以鼓励留校和完成学位。
“The Hispanic population is one of the largest and fastest growing non-white populations in 美国. Over the past several decades, the high school dropout rate of Hispanic students has been steadily decreasing, and the rate of college enrollment has increased,” said Dr. 朱迪·卡斯特罗, Executive Director of PO’s Latinx+ Student Success Initiative. “This HSI grant is critical to supporting initiatives that address the needs of this student population.”
