HispanicServing Institutions Overview

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Overview
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Agenda

• A Hispanic-serving institution (HSI)
• Different HSI Lists
• Title V and HSIs
• Office of Civil Rights and HSIs
• HACU and HSIs
• USDA, HUD and HSIs
• Type and location of HSIs
• Questions and Answers

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A Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)

• In 1986 the term Hispanic-serving institution
  (HSI) was officially coined.
• The definition of an HSI is enrollment-based.
• The key is 25.
• Therefore, we have more than one list of HSIs.
  Some of them are
• Department of Education, Title V
• Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Agriculture
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
• Yearly lists compiled using the Institutional
  Profile and Education Data System (IPEDS).

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HSI Lists

• The basic similarities in these lists are
• refer to an institution of higher education (IHE)
  that
• has a enrollment of at least 25 Hispanic
  students.
• What makes the lists different
• the kind of institution
• when the Hispanic data is collected and
• how the data is collected.

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Title V, HSI List

• Federal definition
• institution of higher education that is an
  eligible institution, has an enrollment of
  undergraduate full-time equivalent students that
  is at least 25 percent Hispanic at the end of the
  award year immediately preceding the date of
  application. (Title V Program Regulationwww.ed.g
  ov/hsiunder Laws, Regs Guidance)
• Translation
• IHE must award at least a 2-year program and be
  non-profit. (Section 101(a)(3-4) HEA, as amended)
• IHE must be deemed eligible. (apply for and
  receive basic eligibility designation--based on
  needy student enrollment, EG expenditures, etc.)
  
• Enrollment is done in FTE. (1 FT student is 1
  FTE. PT-- add all credit hours (degree and
  unclassified students) and divide by 12.)
• Data must be gathered by a certain period. For
  (FY) 2008 Fall 2007 up to 9/30/2007.

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Title V, Eligibility

• Eligibility is a two-pronged process
• 1) Designation of Eligibility (Usually due
  January/February)
• Every time an IHE applies for a grant, it must go
  through this process, even if they already have a
  grant.
• 2) HSI Assurance (Usually due in March)
• Due with Title V application
• HSI Data is verified. The Department
  cross-references with
• data reported to the Integrated Postsecondary
  Education Data System (IPEDS),
• the institutions state reported enrollment data,
  and
• the institutional annual report.
• Differences must be justified.
• The Department does not pre-certify institutions
  as HSIs.
• An IHE must apply for and receive a Title V grant
  in order to be considered an HSI by the Program.

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Title V

• The Title V Program awards 2 types of
  discretionary grants that have a duration of 5
  years. This year we will have a 2-year grant
  under a separate appropriation.
• Once an IHE is on the Title V list, it is
  considered an HSI for those 5 years.
• Once the 5-year grant ends, if the IHE did not
  re-apply or was not funded, ED no longer
  considers the IHE an HSI.
• The list of all funded HSIs (FY 1999-2007) can be
  found at www.ed.gov/hsi (Under Awards).
  Remember, only the FY 2003-2007 grantees are
  considered HSIs by ED.

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EDOffice of Civil Rights

• Previously, the Departments Office of Civil
  Rights (OCR) had its own list of HSIs based on
  IPEDS data.
• Currently, OCR has modified its site and
  separates institutions that are officially
  HSIs, based on the Departments definition and
  those that have high Hispanic student FTE
  enrollment.

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HACU List

• The Hispanic Association of Colleges and
  Universities (HACU), created in 1986, keeps its
  own list of HSIs, based on membership and
  enrollment.
• For HACUs membership purposes, HSIs are defined
  as colleges, universities, or systems/districts
  where total Hispanic enrollment constitutes a
  minimum of 25 of the total enrollment. 
• Total Enrollment includes full-time and
  part-time students at the undergraduate or
  graduate level (including professional schools)
  of the institution, or both (i.e., headcount of
  for-credit students). Member enrollment
  statistics are self reported by the institution
  for the fall semester of the year prior to the
  membership year.  For example, year 2008 members
  provide Fall 2007 enrollment statistics.

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HUD and USDA Lists

• Both the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the
  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  have HSI grant programs.
• Both programs follow the Title V definition of an
  HSI.
• However, for these programs, IHEs are not
  required to justify the data reported.
• List of awardees may be different from Title V.

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Understanding the Differences

• With all these lists, it can be confusing when
  targeting HSIs. Here is a quick table with the
  comparisons

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Creation of the HSI Program

• In 1992 the first official federal appropriation
  is made specifically for Hispanic-serving
  institutions, approved by the HEA.
• The definition of an HSI at the time was
• An institution of Higher Education (public or
  private non-profit degree granting) that had,
• An enrollment of at least 25 Hispanic
  undergraduate full-time equivalent students.
• Of all Hispanic students, 50 must be low-income.
• Of all Hispanic students, 25 must be
  first-generation college goers.

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Links to the Lists

• ED Title V, Developing Hispanic-Serving
  Institutions Program www.ed.gov/hsi (Under
  Awards)
• ED Office of Civil Rights http//www.ed.gov/about
  /offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html
• HACU http//www.hacu.net/assnfe/CompanyDirectory.
  asp?STYLE2COMPANY_TYPE1,5SEARCH_TYPE0
• USDA http//cris.csrees.usda.gov/cgi-bin/starfind
  er/0?pathfastlink1.txtidanonpasssearchASCS
  REES20AND20CG-38422-20NOT20PSTERMformat
  WEBTITLESF
• HUD http//www.oup.org/phonebook/progrPhone.asp?P
  rogrHSIACid7

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Type and Control of Title V Grantees

• 4-Year Public 34
• 4-Year Private 32
• 2-Year Public 101
• 2-Year Private 1
• Public Institutions 135
• Private Institutions 33
• 2-year Institutions 102
• 4-year Institutions 66
• Total Institutions 168

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Title V Grantees Distribution by State, Type and
Control
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Location of Title V Grantees
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Contact Information

• Title V questions
• Title.Five_at_ed.gov

Title V Web Site http//www.ed.gov/hsi

• Title V Program Office
• Darlene Collins [phone] Program
  Management
• Rick Gaona [phone]
• Nalini Lamba-Nieves [phone]
• Carnisia Proctor [phone]
• Sandra Steed [phone]
• Marion Steward [phone]