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University of Houston–Downtown. A Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is defined in U.S. federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.
The stated purposes were to expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and to expand and improve postbaccalaureate academic programs in those institutions of higher education that were educating large numbers of Hispanic and low-income students. [7]
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) – institutions that serve an undergraduate population that is both low income (at least 50% receiving Title IV needs-based assistance) and in which Hispanic students constitute at least 25% [16] (e.g., University of Texas at El Paso, Fresno Pacific University, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). [17]
See the list of winners. Courtesy HAAP. The Hispanic Academic Achievers Program (HAAP) awarded $178,000 in scholarships to 40 local high school seniors at its annual award ceremony in Kennewick.
Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least a quarter Hispanic, are vital to the goals of equality in educational and economic opportunities, according to the White House.
The decree created, for the first time, a presidential advisory board on Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs: colleges where at least a quarter of undergraduate students are Hispanic.
The university is a Hispanic-serving institution ... assessed the percentage of Pell Grant recipients, the racial and ethnic diversity of students and faculty, and ...
University Faculty Award (formerly Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher Education Award) (Research Institutions) [14] Founding President's Award; Book of the Year Award [15] William Aguilar Cultural Arts Award [16] Outstanding Support of Hispanic Issues Award [17] Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award [18] [19] [20] [21]