What it means for CSU-Pueblo to be an HSI
Approved by the CSU-Pueblo Multicultural Council
November 12, 2004
Vision:
We at CSU-Pueblo, an HSI, will produce the environment to enhance positive, challenging, inclusive leaders with a global understanding of multiculturalism who are accountable to our society.
Commitment:
1. CSU-Pueblo should serve Hispanic students and all students.
2. CSU-Pueblo should use its status as an HSI to establish practices and build programs that target Hispanic students but which benefit all students.
3. CSUPueblo should exhibit “pride in its status as an Hispanic-Serving Institution”
( Latino Success , page 4).
4. CSU-Pueblo should retain and graduate Hispanic students and all students.
5. The top level of the CSU-Pueblo administration should be committed to diversity and should hold others accountable. Attention to multiculturalism should be pervasive and should be part of the philosophy of CSU-Pueblo.
6. CSUPueblo should be “sensitive and responsive to the needs of students from diverse cult ural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds” ( Latino Success , page 3).
7. CSUPueblo should accept “responsibility for the learning and academic achievement of all its students” ( Latino Success , page 3).
Specific actions that serve students:
1. CSU-Pueblo should be active in HACU, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities. CSU-Pueblo should help our students take advantage of opportunities available through HACU and other organizations, including internships and conferences.
2. CSU-Pueblo should work closely with feeder schools, especially those who educate Hispanic students, to ensure students are prepared to succeed and to ensure that students make a smooth transition.
3. CSUPueblo should hire staff and faculty who have “particular commitment and expertise in meeting the educational needs and ensuring the academic success of Latino students” ( Latino Success , page 3).
8. CSU-Pueblo should offer a wide range of culturally sensitive programs and services ( Latino Success , page 4).
9. CSU-Pueblo should promote leadership among Hispanic students and all students.
10. CSU-Pueblo should work to maintain the accessibility and affordability of higher education.
11. CSU-Pueblo should promote student engagement and continuous enrollment.

Specific actions that build CSU-Pueblo:
1. CSU-Pueblo should seek out and apply for grants that are available because of our HSI status and that support strategic directions of CSU-Pueblo.
2. CSU-Pueblo should have comprehensive mandatory diversity training for all employees.
3. CSU-Pueblo should encourage the development of multicultural student organizations.
4. CSU-Pueblo should work with communities in our local region to expand the pool of Hispanic students going on to higher education.
5. CSU-Pueblo should build data systems that support our ability to track the progress of our students. We should analyze data on our students to identify needs of specific groups, especially Hispanic students.
6. CSU-Pueblo should encourage the development of multicultural programs, curricula, and courses.
Reference:
Sanitago, Deborah A., Sally J. Andrade, and Sarita E. Brown. Latino Student Success at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
January 2004. Available at www.edexcelencia.org
.

Background information
Official definition of Hispanic Serving Institution
Section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 defined an HSI “as an institution whose enrollment of Hispanic students reaches, or exceeds, 25% of full time equivalent undergraduate enrollment. 20 U.S.C §1101a(a)(5).”
The 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 define an HSI as an institution with “an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students” and which “provides assurances that not less than
50 percent of the institution's Hispanic students are lowincome individuals.” (See http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec501.html
).
The web page http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst-as-vi.html
, titled
“2004 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ACCREDITED POSTSECONDARY MINORITY INSTITUTIONS,” lists all institutions designated as minority serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Minority Postsecondary Institutions, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal
Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions.
According to that web page:
 “Historically Black Colleges and Universities are described in Title III of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. 20 U.S.C. §1061.”
 “For purposes of these listings, a minority postsecondary institution is defined as an institution ‘whose enrollment of a single minority or a combination of minorities... exceeds 50 percent of total enrollment.’ 20 U.S.C. §1067k(3). See also 20 U.S.C. §1131(b)(1)(B) and 29 U.S.C. §718(b)(5)(B).”
 “A Hispanic serving institution is defined as an institution whose enrollment of
Hispanic students reaches, or exceeds, 25% of full time equivalent undergraduate enrollment. 20 U.S.C §1101a(a)(5). There may be grant programs that require additional information that the Federal government does not collect or have available in any of its information or data programs regarding students.”
 “The designation of Tribal Colleges and Universities is covered under several
Federal statutes; for example, the Tribally Controlled College or University
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. §1801 et. seq.) covers 25 postsecondary institutions where funding is provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior to those institutions where 50% or more of student enrollment is American Indian.”
 “An Alaska Native-serving institution is defined as an institution of higher education that (A) is an eligible institution under 20 U.S.C. §1058(b); and (B) at the time of application, has an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 20% Alaska Native students. 20 U.S.C. §1059d(b)(2). A Native Hawaiianserving institution is defined as an institution of higher education that (A) is an eligible institution under 20 U.S.C. §1058(b); and (B) at the time of application, has an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10% Native
Hawaiian students. 20 U.S.C. §1059d(b)(4).”

HSIs in Colorado on that list are:

ADAMS STATE COLLEGE, ALAMOSA

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER, DENVER

EDUCATION AMERICA INC, Lakewood [Now Remington College]

OTERO JUNIOR COLLEGE, LA JUNTA

PARKS COLLEGE, DENVER

PIMA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Denver

PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Pueblo

TRINIDAD STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE, TRINIDAD

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO, PUEBLO [sic]
Minority postsecondary Institutions in Colorado on that list are:

COLLEGE AMERICA-DENVER, DENVER

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER, DENVER

PARKS COLLEGE-AURORA, AURORA