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A Blueprint for Success tion among the year-round programs, which makes the impact of the program hard to assess uniformly at a national level. As the program expands, the biggest challenge will be ensuring consistency and quality amongst the various regions. In order to address this issue, the Hispanic College Fund will need to make a considerable investment in operations and infrastructure so that program expansion can be supported adequately. HCF is confident that they “will not lack for prospective, experienced staff members” when they do expand. As a result of having served at the HYI Kickoff, many college students who serve as near-peer mentors have witnessed the power of the program in equipping students through this type of work. Many of them have expressed an interest in working for the HCF or similar organizations. Currently, many of the HCF’s employees were once volunteers and were drawn from this pool of individuals who are eager to create a positive change in the Hispanic community. Among other challenges, the HYI is also exploring ways to improve the tracking of alumni participation more effectively – students are considered alums of the HYI once they complete the summer kick-off. Since participation at the year-long events is not required, attendance at these events varies. HYI is working on identifying effective tracking mechanisms as they currently do not have a centralized system for collecting and analyzing these data. Despite the challenges, the HYI prides itself in helping Latino students see college as an attainable goal. Their focus on preparing students to overcome real and perceived barriers to college access and success is a holistic approach that addresses social and emotional factors that are often excluded from programs. The HYI approach helps students see college as a possibility and motivates them to pursue higher education before they begin discussing how to get through college. Regarding one aspect the program would do differently if given the opportunity, Daniel Sarmiento, Director of the Hispanic Youth Institute, responded: The thing that we would do differently would be to enact comprehensive tracking. We gather longitudinal metrics using surveys but we lack a formalized system to track individual student progress. Not only do we need to track students better, but we also need to track additional indicators in the community. For example, in California, instructors at schools (served by the HYI) have informally mentioned they believe that increases in the school’s Academic Performance Index score (API - CA Dept of Education) are directly related to the Hispanic Youth Institute’s programming. A comprehensive study needs to be conducted to track the program’s impact, not only with individual students participating in the program but also with the schools and communities they come from. Having acknowledged our need to improve tracking, it is important to point out that we have not done so due to a lack of funding for such an undertaking. Educational Policy Institute 91 www.educationalpolicy.org
A Blueprint for Success Table 9. Hispanic Youth Institute Students Served by Year and Outcome Apply to program Are accepted into Summer Program Enrolled in 9th grade Enrolled in 10th grade Enrolled in 11th grade Enrolled in 12th grade 2004 N/A 63 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2005 N/A 187 (13) (74) (97) (3) 2006 N/A 299 (1) (10) (30) (3) 2007 654 463 2008 1174 742 (92) (279) (330) (41) 2009 1736 914 (220) (357) (328) (9) 2010 3203 1021 (427) (474) (116) (4) 2011 3244 957 (455) (416) (82) (4) Note: Numbers in parentheses represent the number of that cell's count that are "new" students who entered the program during that cell. HYI students do not continue from year to year, but may participate in multiple years. Therefore all student counts are treated as "new." Educational Policy Institute 92 www.educationalpolicy.org
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