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MSI Workshop at a Glance
Letter of Notice
Registration Form
MSI Technical Assistance Workshop Flyer
About the Minority Serving Institutions Program
The Minority Servicing Institutions (MSIs) Program coordinates and administers a variety of Departmental initiatives to support relationships and partnerships with institutions of higher education, and to ensure equal access to all Department of Commerce grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and programs.
MSI Measurables/End Results
- Increase public awareness about the Department of Commerce
- Increase public awareness about the diversity of occupations at the Department of Commerce
- Increase MSI competition and participation in federally funded programs
- Increase student participation in the Student Career Experience Program and other student employment programs
- Increase diversity in the number of new hires for full time permanent positions
303 MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONSHispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)-143
Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)-104
Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)-36
Alaska Native Serving Institutions (ANSIs)-10
Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (NHSIs)-10MSI Headlines
LATEST HSI LIST ISSUED. The Office of Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education has updated its list of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). To view the list, go to the What's New directory [on the left side of your monitors) at http://www.fedcivilrights.org/www.fedcivilrights.org/Minutes%20508.htm.
MSI COUNCIL REACTIVATED. Commerce Bureau employees are needed to participate in an MSI Council. If you are interested, please contact Senora Coggs
MSI Food for Thought
How Much Money has the Department of Commerce Disbursed to Institutions of Higher Learning (IHE’s) from 2001-2005?
$1.6 Billion dollars
How Much Money has the Department of Commerce Disbursed to Minority Serving Institutions (MSI’s) from 2001-2005?
$186,645,255 or 11%
Upcoming MSI events:
DOC will partner and sponsor two MSI Initiative Workshops later this year. Geographic areas under consideration includes states located in the Southern and Western parts of the Country.
The Workshops will focus on three of the MSI Initiatives:
- Outreach and Customs Relations
- Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
- Economic and Community Development
- Executive Order 13336
- American Indian and Alaska Native Education, April 30, 2004. Executive
Order 13096: pdf [link to the Federal Register website]
- Executive Order 13230
- President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans, October 12, 2001.
Executive Order 13230: pdf [link to the Federal Register website];
Executive Order 13230: html [link to White House website]
- Executive Order 13256
- President's Board of Advisors for Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, February 12, 2002.
Executive Order 13256: pdf [link to the Federal Register website];
Executive Order 13256: html [link to White House website]
- Executive Order 13270 - Tribal Colleges and Universities, July 3, 2002. Executive Order 13270: pdf [link to the Federal Register website]
Lists of Minority Serving Institutions and Related Information
- HBCUs
- List of HBCUs—White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities - includes links to HBCU websites [link to the White House website}
- Howard
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- Hispanic Serving Institutions
- For a listing of Hispanic Serving Institutions, go
to the What's New Directory (on the left side of your monitors) http://www.fedcivilrights.org
- For a listing of Hispanic Serving Institutions, go
to the What's New Directory (on the left side of your monitors) http://www.fedcivilrights.org
- Tribal Colleges and Universities
- White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities Tribal Colleges and Universities Address List - includes links to the school websites [link to the U.S. Department of Education website]
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