Luis Torres, of Metropolitan State College in Colorado, said President Stephen Jordan established an HSI task force to offer recommendations for reaching their goals.
Texas State University in San Marcos, which is not a heavily Latino community, recruited students from South Texas but coupled that effort with hiring culturally-competent faculty to facilitate substantive growth. LMU, according to the report, embraces Latino students because they are the population surrounding the Los Angeles institution.
“They are content at 20 percent; it’s not just about bumping up numbers to get more money,” Santiago explained. “It’s also [a chance] to show they are responsible members of the community.”
Santiago said the report is part of Excelencia’s campaign to include degree completion to higher education’s conversation about access through examples of proven success.
“This is a campaign to look at Latino students from an asset model instead of a deficit model,” she said. “We are highlighting what is working and what can be replicated.”
