Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative: The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution. Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis told Diverse of the Latino Student Success initiative, “We’re not trying to re-invent the wheel. We want to build on the experience of these organizations and support programs that are already working.”
Twelve programs—ranging from the organization, The Hispanic Federation, in New York to the Arizona two-year school, Phoenix College—in 10 states will be receiving funds from the foundation, which is doling out about $7.2 million total
