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Current Climate and Converging Challenges

America’s Future, Latino Students and the Role of HSIs Sarita E. Brown, Excelencia in Education HSIAC 2007 Conference Houston, TX , April 26, 2007. Current Climate and Converging Challenges. Global marketplace Changing Demography Information Age

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Current Climate and Converging Challenges

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  1. America’s Future, Latino Studentsand the Role of HSIsSarita E. Brown, Excelencia in EducationHSIAC 2007 ConferenceHouston, TX, April 26, 2007

  2. Current Climate and Converging Challenges Global marketplace Changing Demography Information Age Legal and Public Debate on Affirmative Action

  3. Why look at Latinos in higher education? • …our future workforce • 2nd largest racial/ethnic group… and growing • Youngest racial/ethnic group • Most undereducated

  4. Hispanics 18 and over have lower levels of education than whites or blacks. Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2005, Table 9

  5. Latino students in higher education • Majority are: • First-generation • Enroll part-time • Attend community colleges • Commute to college (live off campus) • Enroll at colleges close to where live • Work (off-campus) while enrolled in college • Do not complete college in the traditional path (enroll right after high school and complete degree in four years) Prepared by Deborah Santiago, VP for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education

  6. Why look at HSIs? • Enroll over 50% of all Latino undergraduates • HSIs as classification, funding vehicle, political construct

  7. HSIs are defined by their Hispanic student enrollment—not their institutional mission—in federal law:accredited and degree-granting public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with at least 25 percent or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time equivalent student enrollment.(summary of Title V of the Higher Education Act, as amended in 1998). Defining Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)

  8. Quick Facts on HSIs In 2003-04, • 236 institutions • 6% of all degree-granting institutions • Enrolled 52% of Latino undergraduates • Awarded over 40% of associate or bachelor’s degrees to Latinos in the U.S.

  9. HSIs are concentrated Over 75% of HSIs are in 4 locations: • California (68) • Puerto Rico (52) • Texas (37) • New Mexico (23 Latino population has similar concentrations

  10. A majority of HSIs are 2-year institutions • Public 2-year: 46% • Private 2-year: 8% • Public 4-year or more: 20% • Private 4-year or more: 26%

  11. HSIs are accessible • Of all HSIs, 60% (140) had an open admissions policy • Admits anyone who applies • Nationally, only 44% of degree-granting institutions had an open admissions policy

  12. HSIs are affordable

  13. To be an HSI is to be at the forefront of change in higher education because of the change in demographics. We have an opportunity to be trend-setters where we have not historically been seen as an institution. -Diana Natalicio, University of Texas at El Paso

  14. Lessons learned from theproject series, Latino Student Success at HSIs

  15. What does it mean toacademically serveHispanic students? LSS Project Series Central Question:

  16. Findings • Hispanic “serving” institutions do more than enroll Latino students; they actively promote Latino student success. • Latino student success is broader than completion of the baccalaureate degree. • Multiple measures of institutional effectiveness and incentives to institutions that help Latino students attain success are critical. • Using the LSS Inquiry Model supports campus efforts to organize for student success.

  17. Hispanic-serving Institutions are on the crest of a demographic wave in this nation.  They are our laboratories for fostering Hispanic student success, and other colleges and universities will look to them for guidance and leadership.Congressman Ruben HinojosaTexas, 15th Congressional DistrictChairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Life Long Learning and Competitiveness

  18. Associate Level 2006 Example of ExcelenciaAchieving a College Education (ACE) ProgramsMaricopa County Community College District, ArizonaStella Torres, Maricopa ACE Programs Directorstella.torres@domail.maricopa.edu

  19. Models for Institutional Excellence The University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Benjamin Flores, MIE Program Director bflores@utep.edu

  20. DEADLINE April 30, 2007 www.edexcelencia.org/examples/nominate/

  21. Excelencia SymposiumOctober 9-10, 2007Los Angeles

  22. www.EdExcelencia.org

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