HALO requests new major to increase Hispanic enrollment - University of Missouri-Columbia

“Hispanic enrollment increased 9 percent this past semester, but some members of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization say that is not enough.

“Hispanics make a huge part of the United States,” freshman Carolina Escalera said. “And the population of Hispanics in the U.S. and in Missouri is not reflected at MU.”

In a Four Front meeting in February, members of HALO presented Chancellor Brady Deaton with a number of objectives it would like to see achieved at MU, including a proposal for a new interdisciplinary major, Hispanic cultural studies. The major would help increase Hispanic enrollment, according to HALO.”

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