Promoting Latinx Graduate Student Success

Project upGRADS
(Utilizing & Promoting Graduate Resources & Access for Disadvantaged Students)

ELEVAR
(Excelencia for Latinx: Engagement, Validation, Academics, Resources)

Two initiatives funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education's HSI Division, Title V.

**Project upGRADS: Selected Example of Excelencia in Higher Education**

Over the past five years, the program has improved enrollment, persistence and graduation rates for the university’s LatinX graduate students.

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$3 Million Grant to Support 'ELEVAR' Program for Latinx Graduate Students

Project to Elevate Master’s Students to Peer Leader Roles, Prepare Them for the Workforce:

The new five-year grant is the fourth “Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans” grant that CSUF has received, totaling $11 million in funding since 2010.

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ELEVAR: Program Overview and Strategic Objectives

Here's an outline of ELEVAR’s primary objectives of curriculum enhancement, student resources, and faculty development to support Latinx and disadvantaged graduate students.

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Examples of ¡Excelencia!

Project upGRADS is one of 20 programs nationwide named as a finalist for Examples of Excelencia by a Excelencia in Education, the nation’s "premier authority on efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education."

Examples of Excelencia recognizes programs that demonstrate that "provide intentional, culturally relevant, evidence-based practices tailored to Latino students and their communities."