The Academy Model in Action: LASS

"I cannot stress enough the support that both CAEL and Excelencia have provided for this project. Their guidance through this process has been a real help as they continuously have made themselves readily and easily available to assist the university. Dr. Eyra Perez with Excelencia has been a tremendous help by providing us with creative ideas in collecting information/data. Mr. Rafael Pasillas with CAEL has guided us through this whole process by keeping us on track on what is up and coming."

"The first two years of the grant have provided an opportunity for Daley College to ‘build the infrastructure’ and foundation to support our adult learners’ transition into credit and workforce programs. This work will be put into action in year three of the grant and will have a significant long-term impact in meeting our access and equity goals for all of our students."

"While we were proud to consider ourselves a Hispanic-serving institution, we understood that significant changes needed to be made in order to fully and effectively serve the needs of our expanding Latino adult learner student population. Our academic programs and student services and resources were designed to serve all students, but we learned along the way that adult learners face unique circumstances, which required changes to our institutional approaches. In this regard, we believed that a major area of opportunity for South Texas College was the institution’s enrollment and student contact processes, which needed adjustment when serving adult learner students."