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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 253 

Designating the week beginning September 18, 2017, as ‘‘National HispanicServing Institutions Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 

Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. CASEY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HELLER, Mr. NELSON, Mr. RUBIO, and 

Mr. HEINRICH)) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning September 18, 2017, as 

‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are degree-granting 

institutions that have a full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment of not less than 25 percent Hispanic 

students; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions play an important role 

in educating many underprivileged students and helping 

those students attain their full potential through higher 

education; 

Whereas more than 470 Hispanic-Serving Institutions operate in the United States; 


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Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent just 13 percent of all nonprofit institutions of higher education, yet 

serve more than 63 percent of all Hispanic undergraduate students, enrolling, in 2014, more than 

1,750,000 Hispanic undergraduate students and more 

than 86,000 Hispanic graduate students; 

Whereas the number of ‘‘emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions’’, defined as institutions that do not yet meet the 

threshold of 25 percent Hispanic enrollment but serve a 

Hispanic student population of between 15 and 24 percent, grew to more than 300 colleges and universities in 

2014; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 18 

States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 33 States 

and the District of Columbia; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are actively involved 

in stabilizing and improving the communities in which 

the institutions are located; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are leading efforts to 

increase Hispanic participation in the fields of science, 

technology, engineering, and mathematics; 

Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to the United States strengthens the culture of the United States; and 

Whereas the achievements and goals of Hispanic-Serving Institutions deserve national recognition: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of 

2 Hispanic-Serving Institutions across the United 

3 States and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

4 (2) designates the week beginning September 

5 18, 2017, as ‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institu6 tions Week’’; and 

7 (3) calls on the people of the United States and 

8 interested groups to observe National Hispanic-Serv9 ing Institutions Week with appropriate ceremonies, 

10 activities, and programs to demonstrate support for 

11 Hispanic-Serving Institutions. 

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