Hispanic serving grant fails in serving Latinos - Cal State Long Beach

“More than a year ago, Cal State Long Beach was designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution and a five-year development grant was awarded to help expand the university’s capacity to serve Latino students.

With the specific purpose to improve retention and graduation rates of Latino students, the U.S. Department of Education provided our university with a unique opportunity - one that - it seems sadly to be squandering.

The award of $570,000 per year for five years is no paltry amount, yet there appears to be little to show for it thus far. Going into its second year, the grant money should have accomplished much to centralize assistance for Latino students with dire academic needs. But this wasn’t the direction administration chose to follow, against the advice and insistence of the Latino campus community.”*

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