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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Six years ago, the university transitioned from a quarter to a semester system, significantly streamlining the path to degree completion. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Over the last five years, there has been an 11% increase in the four-year graduation rate for Latinx students.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We have been doing online in some fashion for at least 25 years, so we have a lot of familiarity with various modalities.” In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million. FIU is one of the largest Minority Serving and Hispanic Serving Institutions in the country. “We