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U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that 45 colleges and universities serving a significant number of Hispanic American students will receive grants from the U.S. Department of Education. The awards will provide $19.4 million to these Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to improve academic programs, student services and facilities, including laboratories and classrooms.
"President Bush has made improving access to a higher education a national priority," Paige said. "These grants will help address the needs of colleges and universities that create high-quality education and training opportunities for Hispanic American students -- many of whom are the first in their families to seek a college education." In his budget request for FY 2002, President Bush has proposed increasing funding for the education department's program for HSIs to $72.5 million. With that increase, the program can expand and enhance the academic quality, institutional management, fiscal stability and self-sufficiency of the participating schools. HSIs are colleges or universities in which Hispanic Americans represent at least 25 percent of the student population, at least half of whom are low-income. Some 200 two- and four-year HSIs confer about half of all associate and bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanic Americans. Paige said that as President Bush's education reform plan, "No Child Left Behind," is implemented in elementary and secondary schools around the country, "Children from all backgrounds will have the opportunity to learn and to seek a college education. HSIs will continue to be an outstanding resource for educating and training minority populations, and their contribution will become even more significant in the years ahead."
Authorized by Title V of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, the program helps HSIs expand their capacity to serve Hispanic American and low-income students. Funds may be used for activities such as purchasing scientific or laboratory equipment, renovation of instructional facilities, faculty development, improving academic programs, tutoring, counseling and other student services.
Of the 45 grants announced today, 40 institutions are awarded $16.3 million for five-year development grants to implement specific activities such as establishing community outreach programs with local elementary and secondary schools; offering special programs to improve students' academic success; and purchasing books and telecommunications material.
Another five institutions are receiving a total of $3.1 million for five-year cooperative arrangement development grants. These grants combine the resources of an HSI and other institutions to maximize and enhance academic programs for Hispanic Americans and other low-income students, and at the same time, reducing duplication and costs. An additional $48.6 million in continuation grants will be awarded later this summer.
### NOTE TO EDITORS: Following is a list of the grantees.
Strengthening Hispanic Institutions
Grant Recipients for fiscal year 2001
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS |
AZ |
Avondale |
Estrella Mountain Community College |
Contact: Ernie Lara |
623-935-8812 |
$449,387 |
AZ |
Douglas |
Cochise College |
;Contact: Janet M. Bernal |
520-417-4019 |
$417,719 |
CA |
Blythe |
Palo Verde Community College |
Contact: Robert Lopez |
760-921-5367 |
$403,861 |
CA |
Burbank |
Woodbury University |
Contact: F. Isais |
818-767-0888 |
$417,147 |
CA |
Chula Vista |
Southwestern College |
Contact: Greg Sandoval |
619-482-6347 |
$368,065 |
CA |
Fullerton |
North Orange County Community College District |
Contact: Susan Clifford |
714-992-7023 |
$435,741 |
CA |
Los Angeles |
Cal State la University Auxiliary Services |
Contact: Alfredo Gonzalez |
323-343-3830 |
$415,842 |
CA |
Los Angeles |
Mount St Mary's College |
Contact: Lawrence M. Smith |
310-954-4018 |
$425,415 |
CA |
Modesto |
Modesto Junior College |
Contact: Odessa P. Johnson |
209-575-6961 |
$386,057 |
CA |
Pasadena |
Pacific Oaks College |
Contact: Fiona Stweart |
626-432-5565 |
$412,250 |
CA |
Reedley |
Reedley College |
Contact: William Baker |
559-244-5980 |
$441,373 |
CA |
San Diego |
San Diego State University Foundation |
Contact: Khosrow Fatemi |
760-768-5520 |
$422,670 |
CA |
San Jose |
National Hispanic University |
Contact: Marco A. Cruz |
408-273-2697 |
$425,415 |
CA |
Santa Ana |
Santa Ana College |
Contact: John Nixon |
714-564-6082 |
$412,913 |
CA |
Ventura |
Ventura College |
Contact: Gary V. Meter |
805-654-6471 |
$428,750 |
FL |
Miami |
Miami-Dade Community College-Kendall Campus |
Contact: Wasim J. Shomar |
305-237-2169 |
$354,238 |
FL |
Miami |
Miami-Dade Community/InterAmerica n |
Contact: David Rafky |
305-237-6186 |
$387,914 |
IL |
Cicero |
Morton College District 527 |
Contact: Barb Argumedo |
708-656-8000 |
$403,529 |
KS |
Kansas City |
Donnelly College |
Contact: Frances Sanders |
913-621-8716 |
$390,692 |
NM |
Portales |
Eastern New Mexico University |
Contact: Patrice Caldwell |
505-562-2315 |
$218,657 |
NM |
Silver City |
Western New Mexico University |
Contact: Faye Vowell |
505-538-6317 |
$384,370 |
NM |
Taos |
University of New Mexico-Taos |
Contact: Wynn Goering |
505-758-7667 |
$402,177 |
NY |
Flushing |
College of Aeronautics |
Contact: Janet M. DeSimone |
718-429-6600 |
$422,869 |
NY |
New York |
John Jay College |
Contact: Lawrence Kobilinsky |
212-237-8884 |
$417,727 |
PR |
Aguadilla |
University of Puerto Rico/Aguadilla |
Contact: Jose L. Arbona |
787-890-2681 |
$396,233 |
PR |
Bayamon |
American University of Puerto Rico |
Contact: Nicholas Silva |
787-798-2040 |
$446,702 |
PR |
Bayamon |
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon |
Contact: Teresa Cruz |
787-279-1912 |
$434,391 |
PR |
Carolina |
Colegio Universitario Del Este |
Contact: Sandra Mirabal |
787-257-7373 |
$362,142 |
PR |
San Juan |
Inter American University of Puerto Rico- Ponce Campus |
Contact: Ray Petty |
787-284-1912 |
$401,150 |
PR |
San Juan |
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus |
Contact: Lilliam Goya |
787-250-7003 |
$405,013 |
PR |
San Juan |
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico |
Contact: Miguel A. Riestra |
787-754-8000 |
$425,038 |
PR |
San Juan |
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus |
Contact: Pedro J. Santiago |
787-758-2380 |
$416,368 |
TX |
Austin |
St Edward's University Inc. |
Contact: Lance R. Hayes |
512-448-8751 |
$437,435 |
TX |
Dallas |
Mountain View College |
Contact: Michael Gutierrez |
214-860-8711 |
$436,990 |
TX |
Laredo |
Texas A&M International University |
Contact: Ray M. Keck |
956-326-2241 |
$450,000 |
TX |
McAllen |
South Texas Community College |
Contact: Juan Mejia |
956-928-3522 |
$422,946 |
TX |
Odessa |
Odessa College |
Contact: Alfredo Chaparro |
915-335-6516 |
$420,775 |
TX |
San Antonio |
Northwest Vista College |
Contact: Jo-Carol Fabianke |
210-348-2001 |
$383,071 |
TX |
San Antonio |
San Antonio College |
Contact: Thomas Hoy |
210-733-2352 |
$424,833 |
TX |
Uvalde |
Southwest Texas Junior College |
Contact: Blaine Bennett |
830-591-7275 |
$426,293 |
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COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS |
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CA |
Glendale |
Glendale Community College |
Contact: Susan Brinkmeyer |
818-240-1000 |
$599,989 |
CA |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles City College |
Contact: Daniel Seymour |
323-953-4439 |
$628,407 |
CA |
San Bernardino |
California State University San Bernardino |
Contact: William Aguilar |
909-880-5099 |
$624,762 |
NM |
Roswell |
Eastern New Mexico University Roswell |
Contact: Mike Martinez |
505-624-7116 |
$621,586 |
NY |
Long Island City |
LaGuardia Community College |
Contact: Paul Arcario |
718-482-5405 |
$620,000 |
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