On August 8th, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) announced on X (formerly known as Twitter) that it had held a farewell ceremony for its 2024 summer interns.
The participants were undergraduate and graduate students who served internships with federal agencies as part of the HACU National Internship Program.
HACU is currently accepting applications from college students for the spring 2025 session of its internship program. The spring internship program dates are Jan. 6 – April 18, 2025. The online application deadline is Oct. 18, 2024.
On August 13, HACU announced that it had held a farewell ceremony for the students who participated in this year’s Dominion Energy Building Hispanic Talent Initiative Summer Bridge Programs.
Over 700 students took part in the Summer Bridge Programs from more than 190 high schools.
According to HACU, the participants were able to explore careers in the energy industry, as well as learn about campus life and the challenges of higher education coursework.
The Summer Bridge Programs took place at seven colleges and universities nationwide.
The seven schools selected to host these programs were: George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, Sampson Community College, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, UConn Stamford, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez, and Utah Valley University.
An important study published by the Annenberg Institute of Brown University provides promising evidence of the effectiveness of intensive advising in improving college success.
The study “Pushing College Advising Forward: Experimental Evidence on Intensive Advising and College Success” highlights the significant disparities in college enrollment and degree attainment among Hispanic, White, and Asian students.
The researchers present evidence on the impact of an intensive college advising program, specifically focusing on Hispanic students’ college participation and degree attainment.
The study reports that students who received intensive advising were 7.1 percentage points more likely to earn a Bachelor’s degree within five years of high school graduation.
Despite the costs associated with intensive advising programs, the study suggests that the benefits of increased college graduation induced by the program outweigh operating costs in a concise time frame of less than three years following college completion.
The researchers contribute new evidence on the impact of intensive college advising programs through a multi-cohort RCT of College Forward, which provides individualized advising from junior year of high school through college for a majority Hispanic student population in Texas.
Students who receive College Forward advising are nearly 12 percentage points more likely to persist to their third year of college.
While more costly and complex to scale than low-touch interventions, back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that the benefit from increased college graduation likely induced by the program outweighs operating costs in less than two years following college completion.
HACU bid farewell to its 2024 summer interns with a ceremony on Aug. 8, 2024. The participants were undergraduate and graduate students who served internships with federal agencies across the country, as part of the HACU National Internship Program.⤵️https://t.co/9wUvy6xK9P pic.twitter.com/nCRhqifg8m
— HACU (@HACUNews) August 8, 2024
HACU bid farewell to the students who participated in this year’s Dominion Energy Building Hispanic Talent Initiative Summer Bridge Programs with a virtual ceremony held on Aug. 13, 2024.⤵️https://t.co/gsYX5J1NrI pic.twitter.com/uKAjD6exuX
— HACU (@HACUNews) August 13, 2024
HACU is currently accepting applications from college students for the spring 2025 session of its internship program. The spring internship program dates are Jan. 6 – April 18, 2025. The online application deadline is Oct. 18, 2024.https://t.co/3TCSFt8Fae#InternWithHACU pic.twitter.com/hkSNtuNnqw
— HACU National Internship Program (@HNIP) July 15, 2024
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