HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS

(HSIs)Hispanics constitute a minimum of 25% of total undergraduate full-time equivalent enrollment at accredited institutions, and

Institutions that assure that not less than 50% of its Hispanic students are low-income.

Legal Foundation - Executive Order 13230

Number of accredited HSIs - 143

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

(HBCUs)Accredited institutions established before 1964, whose principal mission is the education of black Americans.

Legal Foundation – Executive Order 13256

Number of Schools - 105

TRIBAL COLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES (TCUs)

Institutions cited in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, any other institution that qualifies for funding under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and Dine' College, authorized in the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978

Legal Foundation – Executive Order 13270

Number of Schools - 36

ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS (ANSIs)

An accredited institution where Alaska Natives constitute a minimum of 20% of total enrollment.

Legal Foundation – Executive Order 13096

Number of Schools - 10

NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVINGINSTITUTIONS (NHSIs)

An accredited institution where Native Hawaiiansconstitute a minimum of 10% of total enrollment.

Legal Foundation – Higher Education Act of 1998, as amended.

Number of Schools - 10

CATEGORIES - ASSISTING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTION INITIATIVES

OUTREACH AND CUSTOMER RELATIONS

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARACH AND JOINT

PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTATION

RECRUITMENT

OUTREACH AND CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Develop and maintain relationships with MSIstakeholders, various White House Initiative Offices and linked national and local organizations, resulting in better cooperation.

EXAMPLE

Making MSIs aware of Departmental funding and employment opportunities through the websites, bureau publications and Departmental Offices, personal contacts, sponsorships and participation in conferences, seminars, workshops and career fairs.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Provide technical assistance to increase the capacity of MSIs to be more competitive for Departmental grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and programs.

EXAMPLESThe Department sponsors a national MSI Technical Assistance and Capacity Building conference each year. The conference includes workshops on contracts and grants writing for competitive funding, grants management and partnerships.

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT

Provide financial assistance as a catalyst to stimulate economic and community growth.

EXAMPLE

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) funded a project at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque (HSI), that extended the signal of the University’s television station and increased the public television programming to approximately 174,000 viewers. The station serves a population of more than 750,000 viewers.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND JOINT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Develop centers of joint program activity and launch joint program initiatives.

EXAMPLE

NOAA provided financial assistance to the University of Guam (NHSI) to support the strengthening of regional capabilities for training students in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands; the program also addressed NOAA’s related management challenges and developed programs focused on coral reefs, fisheries, atmospheric science, marine biotechnology, and ocean resources management.

RECRUITMENT

Develop and maintain educational partnerships with MSIs in order to enhance Departmental Recruitment Initiatives.

EXAMPLE

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) works with Haskell Indian Nations University (TCU) and Inter-America University of Mayaguez (HSI) recruiting and encouraging students to participate in the Student Undergraduate Research Program (SURF) and other internship programs offered at NIST.

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-index.html

White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities

http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whtc/edlite-index.html

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans http://www.yesican.gov/index.html

U.S. Department of Education, Title V List http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/t5abstracts2006.doc; for the most recent 2007 directory, see HSI Directory 03-07

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights- the institutions of higher education whose full time equivalent (FTE) enrollment of undergraduate students is at least 25 percent Hispanic

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst-list-hisp-tab.html

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)http://www.hacu.net/assnfe/CompanyDirectory.asp?

STYLE=2&COMPANY_TYPE=1,5&SEARCH_TYPE=0

CATEGORYFUNDING FOR

AWARDS TO IHE+

FUNDING FOR AWARDS TO

MSIs

Awards to MSI as % of total Awards to IHE

1. Research & Development

2. Program Evaluation

3. Training4. Facilities and Equipment

5. National/International Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships, Recruitment, and IPAs

6. Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, and Other Aid

7. Direct Institutional Subsidies

8. Third Party Awards

9. Private Sector Involvement10. Administrative Infrastructure

11. Other

Total

2007 Funding Institutions of Higher Education

$383,040,092

2.26% Historically Black Colleges and Universities

0.97% Hispanic Serving Institutions

0.04% Tribal Colleges and Universities

0.006% Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

1.8% Alaska Native Serving Institutions

  

Minority Serving Institutions Technical Assistance

Workshop September 21-25, 2009

Dallas, Texas

•U. S. Department of Commerce•U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission •U. S. Agency for International Development•U.S. National Science Foundation•U.S. Department of Energy

Senora Coggs202 482-8190

Scoggs@doc.gov