$2.87 Million Title V grant increases academic opportunities for Hispanic students

When it comes to providing academic opportunities for Hispanic students, scholarships and grants can be a motivator a student needs to finish.

In 2010, The Department of Education awarded Nova Southeastern University (NSU) a $2.87 million Title V grant to help give financial assistance to the growing Hispanic student population. The result, for four years in a row, NSU is the number school in the nation that has awarded doctorate degrees to Hispanics in fields that in demand such as: Business, Education, Law, Psychology.

So many Hispanics are attending NSU? Let’s just say that thirty-three percent of the undergraduate student population are Latino. No wonder so many Hispanics are thriving at NSU, if you know the Hispanic culture you know that they long for community. So if students are walking around campus and taking classes with other Hispanics, they build community. Hispanics thrive when there is community where they can be understood and talk openly about their culture and share their culture with other college students. This can be the difference between a student staying in school or dropping out.

Great job NSU on apply for grants to assist the Hispanic population at your university. To learn more about NSU, please visit their website at http://www.nova.edu