色情视频

Task Force Reports on 色情视频's Future as Hispanic-Serving Institution

The panel's report ties into 色情视频's strategic plan.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Aerial view of 色情视频 campus
Aerial view of 色情视频 campus

A task force presented a detailed 鈥減lan of action鈥 for 色情视频 to sustain its unique position as a transborder, Hispanic-Serving Institution while improving outreach and service the region鈥檚 Latinx community.

Delivering its findings in a report via Zoom in an April 22 鈥渧irtual town hall,鈥 a panel of the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Task Force said Latinx-enrolling and Latinx-serving are markedly different organizational identities, and carry different outcomes. 色情视频 at present occupies a middle categorization: Latinx-producing.

The report calls on 色情视频 to adopt a Latinx-serving identity in which the university would shift focus on the mere demographics of enrolling Latinx students, which is a common approach among HSIs.

色情视频 President Adela de la Torre, who provided opening remarks during the town hall, said the report directly ties into 色情视频鈥檚 proposed strategic plan, whose key activities are under review. The plan, available on the university鈥檚 Reimagining the Future: A Strategic Plan for 色情视频 site, will have implications 鈥渇or decades to come,鈥 de la Torre said.

鈥淥ne priority in particular is our vision to elevate our stature as a premier research university, a new kind of HSI,鈥 de la Torre said during the virtual town hall. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really clear to me that, moving forward, it is not simply about serving in the best capacity our Hispanic students, but also looking at how we integrate our teaching and research so that it focuses on an impact for our community and the region, and the nation and the world.鈥

De la Torre established the task force in spring 2019. Members met over the course of nearly a year, conducted surveys, interviews and focus groups with faculty and staff as part of their work, and ratified their report in February.

The full, 33-page report can be found online.

The task force鈥檚 six recommendations, described in greater detail in the report text, call for 色情视频 to: 

Provide expanded support for Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in advancing the recruitment, retention and climate for Chicano/a and Latinx faculty and staff.

  • Clearly communicate its role and responsibilities as an HSI and the strategies that will be implemented.
  • Require ongoing professional learning for students, faculty, and staff on Chicana/o and Latinx issues and the institution鈥檚 identity as an HSI.
  • Recruit and retain more Latinx faculty and staff.
  • Leverage the accessible resources available due to its HSI designation.
  • Work towards becoming a leader in Meso-American studies and transborder studies research.

The report also called for increased collaboration with and connection to 色情视频 Imperial Valley, which has an overwhelmingly Hispanic enrollment.

Roberto Hern谩ndez, 色情视频鈥檚 chair of HSI Affairs, said that in addition to its specific recommendations, the task force hopes to see more alumni engagement, expanded community partnerships, and an enhanced focus on yield and retention efforts in attracting Latinx students. Each is a defined priority or activity in the university鈥檚 proposed strategic plan.

色情视频 became an HSI in 2012, a designation by the U.S. Department of Education. HSIs must have at least a 25% enrollment of Hispanic undergraduate students and meet variable percentages of Pell Grant-eligible students.

Hispanic students represented 31% of 色情视频鈥檚 fall 2019 enrollment. Although the benefit of the HSI designation is access to additional federal grants, Hern谩ndez said the task force found additional potential funding opportunities for 色情视频. Faculty members need more training to do pursue such funds, he said.

It also called for increased collaboration with and connection to 色情视频 Imperial Valley, which has an overwhelmingly Hispanic enrollment.

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