Executive Summary
Hispanic-Serving Institution Background Information For an institution to qualify for Hispanic-Serving (HSI) designation, it must have at least 25% Latinx/Hispanic student population. 1 This designation is based on reported IPEDS data for the previous year. While “emerging” or “emergent” HSI is not an official federal designation, Excelencia in Education uses the term to describe “institutions with an undergraduate FTE Hispanic enrollment between 15 and 24 percent.” HSI designation opens the door to multiple grant funding opportunities currently available at the federal level. As will be discussed below, at 2017 census, Latinx/Hispanic enrollment at Central Washington University (CWU) was 15.8% (up from 14.6% in 2016, 12.93% in 2015, and 9.8% in 2009). Total student diversity as reported at Spring 2018 census was 34% (including international students), or 31% (excluding international students). This steadily increasing enrollment of Latinx/Hispanic students at CWU, combined with a) national and state trends described below, b) our regional position, c) our strong commitment to creating pathways for and serving all students regardless of background and preparation, d) our unwavering support of diversity in all forms, and e) our commitment to creating an inclusive community confirm the need for strategic planning regarding pursuit of HSI status.
1 Latinx, Hispanic, and Latina/o are used interchangeably in this document. Latinx is a gender neutral term that is being used as a means of being more inclusive and moving away from the gendered term . Hispanic generally focuses on Spanish-speaking origin. “Latino/a” refers to people of Latin American origin.
CWU HSI Initiative 7.12.18
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