ENLACE is a multiyear initiative to strengthen the educational pipeline and increase opportunities for Latinos to enter and complete college. ENLACE aims to serve as a catalyst to strengthen partnerships and create coalitions among Hispanic-serving institutions (colleges and universities with 25 percent or more Hispanic enrollment, as defined by the federal government) and other qualifying higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, communities, businesses, and other funders that are working to increase opportunities for Latinos to enter and complete college.
Strengthen select Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) and other qualifying institutions to serve as catalysts and models for educational and community change.

• Support higher education/community coalitions and partnerships that increase educational success for Latino and other students.

• Support the creation or adoption of educational models based on best practices that improve enrollment, academic performance and graduation rates of Hispanic high school and college students.
  

• Facilitate sustainable implementation or scale-up of successful programs through strategic planning, networking, leadership development and policy efforts.

• Infuse into key stakeholder groups information and models that stimulate changes in policies and practices related to the education of Latinos.