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U.S. News & World Report: Hispanic Serving Institutions—What to Know

Source: U.S. News & World Report As the Hispanic population has grown in the U.S. in recent decades, with it has come the emergence of Hispanic Serving Institutions. Hispanic Serving Institutions – HSIs – are colleges and universities where Hispanic students make up at least 25% of the full-time equivalent student body, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Hispanic Serving Institutions must be certified as such by the Department of Education. Certification gives schools eligibility to compete for grants earmarked for HSIs. These funds also enable colleges to continue to recruit Hispanic students and to support them on campus, guiding students ... Read More

Daily Breeze: New Black-Serving Institution Designation to Bolster Black College Student Success

Source: Daily Breeze/Southern California News Group Some California colleges and universities will soon show their commitment to the success of African American students in higher education. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 1348, which establishes the the nation’s first designation of Black-Serving Institutions, or colleges and universities that will provide extra support for Black students, who historically have had disproportionate access to educational resources. The bill, authored by Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, will become law on Jan. 1. The designation, similar to the existing federal recognitions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Asian American and Native American ... Read More

Community History-Making at Forefront of Archives Event

History isn’t bound by the walls of a university, library, or museum. It can be created, examined, and rewritten by the individuals and communities who have too often been misrepresented or excluded from institutional narratives. That was the central message of the “Our Memory, Our Stories: Reimagining Histories of a Multicultural Los Angeles” event on Sept. 17, a collaboration between the CSUDH Gerth Archives & Special Collections, Black Resource Center, and Latinx Resource Center. Students heard from a panel of Black and Latinx scholars and curators about how they can contribute to that crucial work of sharing unknown histories. The panel included Rose Mitchell, former librarian ... Read More

Toro Earns Black Student Success Scholarship, Aims to Elevate Black Artists

Armand Jovaughn Egere is proud to be a Black artist. “It’s a type of activism,” says the CSUDH fifth-year student. “The way my story is typically written, I’m not supposed to make it. But I’m out here beating the odds, and trying to be a symbol for other young Black artists.” Egere’s leadership, as well as his service promoting antiracism and culture change to elevate Black excellence, have earned him the CSU’s first-ever Black Student Success Scholarship, sponsored by the CSU Foundation. Egere is one of six CSU recipients for 2024-25, and will receive $5,000 in recognition of his efforts. “These scholars represent the highest ideals and brightest future of our university system and ... Read More