Minority Serving Institutions

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

How Many Minority Serving Institutions?

 

There are approximately 575 institutions across the Nation.

 

  • Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISIs):78
  • Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)-356
  • Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)-105
  • Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)-36

 

 

 

Executive Orders and White House Initiatives

 

Executive Order 13336

"American Indian and Alaska Native Education Institutions"

 

Executive Order 13555

"White House Initiative on Hispanic Serving Institutions"

 

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (HSIs)

 

Executive Director:  Alejandra Ceja

Websites: www.ED.gov, Facebook

 

Executive Order 13532

"President's Board of Advisors for Historically Black Colleges and Universities"

 

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)

 

Acting Executive Director: Joel Harrell
Website:  ED.gov

 

Executive Order 13270

"White House Initiatives on Tribal Colleges and Universities"

 

Executive Order 13515

"Asian American/Pacific Islander Serving Institutions"

 

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders (AANAPIs)

 

Executive Director: Kiran Ahuja

Website:  WhiteHouse.gov, Facebook

 

Executive Order 13592

 

"Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities (AI/NA (TCUs)"

 

 

White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education

 

Executive Director: William Mendoza
Website: ED.gov

 

Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315):

 

"Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions"

 

 

 

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 [lhttp://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-list.html]

 

Howard University's Gateway to HBCU's - [http://www.dll.org/hbcus/]

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Hispanic Serving Institutions:

 

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

 

Tribal Colleges and Universities:

 

White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities Tribal Colleges and Universities Address List - includes links to the school websites [http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whtc/edlite-tclist.html]

Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S. Department of Commerce

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Page last updatedSeptember 1, 2011