The Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Network of Wisconsin website has just launched. The HSI Network includes member institutions Marquette, UW-Parkside, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Mount Mary University, Gateway Technical College, Carroll University, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and Alverno College. The network is now in their second year of existence. Alverno was the first institution in the state to achieve HSI designation; Mount Mary recently became the second.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or HSIs, are part of a cluster of federally defined “Minority Serving Institutions.” To become an HSI, an institution of higher education must have a significant proportion of low-income students and at least 25% of their full-time undergraduate enrollment needs to be Hispanic.

Once an institution achieves HSI status, they are eligible to apply for federal Title V grant funds. These grants are designed to expand and enhance the academic offerings, program quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that are educating diverse student bodies and helping a large number of low-income individuals complete postsecondary degrees.

Our Mission
The HSI Network of Wisconsin (HSI-NOW) is a coalition of leaders from higher education institutions in Southeast Wisconsin that have obtained or are working toward the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and are committed to attracting, supporting, retaining, and graduating underrepresented students.

HSI-NOW member institutions share information and best practices, seek out collaborative opportunities to address challenges, and engage with and serve as a resource for the broader community. By tapping into the unique strengths of each institution and creating an infrastructure of mutual support, HSI-NOW collectively builds capacity to graduate an increasing number of underrepresented students in the region and to truly serve all of our diverse community stakeholders.

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