ENLACE - ENgaging LAtino Communities for Education, a special Kellogg Foundation initiative to foster innovative cooperative partnerships between schools, colleges, communities, businesses, and students to increase opportunities for Latino students to enter and complete postsecondary education

California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is one of 18 Hispanic Serving Institutions in the nation to receive a W. K. Kellogg Foundation ENLACE Phase I development grant. ENLACE, an acronym for ENGAGING LATINO COMMUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, is a special Kellogg Foundation initiative to foster innovative cooperative partnerships between schools, colleges, communities, businesses, and students to increase opportunities for Latino students to pursue a higher education.

Visitors are welcome to browse the Central California ENLACE Program web site and learn about the things that schools, businesses, and communities are doing to develop a comprehensive plan to improve postsecondary educational access in the central San Joaquin Valley's numerous rural schools and communities. This site also provides links to other ENLACE sites and related points of interest throughout the nation. Bienvenidos!

Phase I Program Components

The ENLACE Program at Fresno State will work cooperatively with small, rural schools and other community agencies serving large numbers of Hispanic students. The unique focus of this ENLACE project derives from the fact that many of the students who will be served are the children of seasonally employed agricultural workers. The educational challenges among central California's rural schools are made even more challenging by the presence of factors such as seasonal migration for employment purposes, limited education of parents, and lack of peer-mentors who have attended college, themselves.

Planning and development is focused on five key components of rural Hispanic academic enhancement:

Early Developmental Outreach

Enhancing Postsecondary Eligibility

Education, Family, and Culture

Career Development & Cultural Preferences

Instructional Technology and Learning Management

Visit each of these Component Pages and join any of the open discussions to link up with others who may share your experience and insights. This web site and most of its contents are open to anyone who is interested in this exciting national initiative.

Phase I Program Components

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Copyright © 2003 California State University, Fresno
Last modified: January 11, 2003