Excelencia in Education Announces the 2018 Examples of Excelencia

The College Crusade of Rhode Island, part of the GEAR UP community, was recently recognized by Excelencia in Education for its outstanding work with Latino youth. Evidence-based results indicate that Latino students served by The College Crusade of Rhode Island are 27% more likely to immediately enroll in college and 43% more likely to persist to the second year of college than their peers in a comparison group. To read more about this special recognition, click here.