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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 703 

Designating the week beginning September 14, 2020, as National HispanicServing Institutions Week. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Mr. GARDNER, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KAINE, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Ms. MCSALLY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. RUBIO, 

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYDEN, 

and Mr. BOOKER) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning September 14, 2020, as 

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are degree-granting 

institutions that have a full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment of at least 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; 


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Whereas 539 Hispanic-Serving Institutions operate in the 

United States; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 17 percent 

of all nonprofit institutions of higher education, yet serve 

26.8 percent of all students and 67 percent of all Hispanic students, enrolling 2,533,333 Hispanics; 

Whereas, as of September 2020, the number of ‘‘emerging 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions’’, defined as institutions 

that do not yet meet the threshold of 25 percent Hispanic full-time equivalent enrollment but serve a Hispanic student population of between 15 and 24.9 percent, 

stands at 352 institutions operating in 34 States and 

Puerto Rico; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 25 

States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

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 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly referred to as 

‘‘STEM’’); 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are engines of economic mobility and a major contributor to the economic 

prosperity of the United States; 

Whereas, of the institutions of higher education ranked by 

Opportunity Insights based on the economic mobility of 

the graduates of those institutions, 7 of the top 10, including the top-ranked institution, are Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions; 


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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— 

2 (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of 

3 Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the States, the Dis4 trict of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

5 (2) designates the week beginning September 

6 14, 2020, as ‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institu7 tions Week’’; and 

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

9 interested groups to observe the week with appro10 priate ceremonies, activities, and programs to dem11 onstrate support for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. 

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