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Angela Provitera McGlynn

Angela Provitera McGlynn is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, New Jersey, where she taught more than 13,000 students over a career spanning 35 years. She is the author of Envisioning Equity: Educating and Graduating Low-income, First-generation, and Minority College Students, Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day and Teaching Today's College Students: Widening the Circle of Success as well as five other books related to college teaching. She has co-authored with Florence Rhyn Serlin, Living With Yourself, Living With Others: A Woman’s Guide, Prentice-Hall, and is a regular contributor for The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education where she has published about 120 articles.

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Administration January 2011 Premium

Education Trust Reports on Graduation Rates and Minorities ... and Which Schools Are Doing Best <b> Angela Provitera McGlynn </b>

“Higher education institutions that place success at the heart of their mission make it a realistic goal for every student. ... For both moral and economic reasons, colleges need to ensure that their institutions work better for all of the students they serve.” So says Jennifer Engle, assistant director of higher education at the Education Trust and co-author, with Mamie Lynch, a higher education research and policy analyst, of two reports dealing with minority student success.

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Hispanic Community February 2011 Premium

Pew Research Center Reports on Latinos Coming of Age in America by <b> Angela Provitera McGlynn </b>

This report is part of a series by the Pew Research Center looking at how America’s next generation, known as “millennials,” is reshaping our nation. Within this context, it is necessary to focus specifically on Latinos since never before in American history has a minority ethnic group made up such a large share of this coming-of-age group. Well known by now is the fact that Hispanics are the largest and youngest minority group in America, with one in four newborns and one in five schoolchildren being of Hispanic background.

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Hispanic Community May 2011 Premium

Excelencia Reports America’s Future Tied to Latino College Graduation Rates by <b> Angela Provitera McGlynn</b>

First, some background. President Obama set a goal in 2009 known as the American Graduation Initiative. It proposes that by the year 2020 America will lead the world again in higher education by increasing community college graduates and certificate completers. To reach this goal, the federal government has strengthened Pell Grants, simplified the application for financial aid and created competitive grants to improve and expand reforms that have been effective.

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