AHSIE to hold annual conference at CSU Channel Islands

CSU Chanel Islands News

Camarillo, Calif., March 16, 2016 – The 8th Annual Best Practices Conference of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators (AHSIE) will be held March 20-23 at CSU Channel Islands (CI).Hosted and co-sponsored by CI and three systems of higher education in California, the event will draw more than 500 attendees from 15 states and Puerto Rico who work at colleges and universities that are classified as Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Over 400 institutions in the U.S. qualify as HSIs, meaning their undergraduate population is at least 25% Hispanic.According to David Trujillo, founder and past president of the AHSIE Council, “HSIs enroll over 50% of the nation’s Hispanic students, although less than 10% of all colleges have the designation, making HSIs critical to the economic future of this nation.”The conference has previously been held in New Mexico, California, Texas and New Jersey. It is designed to enable grantees of HSI grant programs the opportunity to share best practices, network and learn how to get the most impact from grant funding. Participants had the opportunity to choose from over 100 workshop sessions in tracks including overseeing grants at HSIs; high impact practices for student success; high impact STEM programs at HSIs; emerging research at HSIs; and effective project management.Highlights of the event include a keynote address by Luis Maldonado, Chief Advocacy Officer and Government Relations Chair of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU); Deborah A. Santiago Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Policy for Excelencia in Education; and Beatrice Ceja, Director for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division, Office of Post-Secondary Education. As part of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics 25 Year Anniversary Commitment to Action program, AHSIE will be releasing a report that highlights 12 programs for outstanding HSI initiatives and use of Department of Education federal funding to create high impact programs on their respective campuses. The report, From Funding ...

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