HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIs
By Ben Hammer
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is calling on Congress to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in a bill that addresses Title V funding for the upcoming fiscal year 2004.
HACU is calling for increased spending in several areas of the Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003, as well as asking Congress not to create a new category for “for-profit” HSIs, which it says would dilute Title V funding by increasing the number of schools that can draw funding from the federal category. The bill increases Title V funding for undergraduate development at HSIs from $93 million to $94 million in FY 2004.
