History
A series of Congressional hearings on Latino access to higher education in the 1980s culminated in a new HSI designation under Title III of the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 1992. The first HSI appropriations were distributed in 1995, and in 1998 HSIs were moved from Title III to their own title, Title V. Title V describes HSIs as not-for-profit institutions of higher learning with a full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student enrollment wherein at least 25 percent of students identify as Hispanic. In the subsequent decades, HSIs proliferated, increasing by more than 100% since the 2008 reauthorization.
Federal Funding
- HSIs are federally funded under Title III, Part F, and Title V, Parts A and B, of the HEA.
- Projected annual funding for FY21-FY25 through Title III, Part F was $94.3M.
- Total funds appropriated through Title V, Part A for FY23 was $227.8M.
- Total funds appropriated through Title V, Part B for FY22 was $19.7M.
