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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 347 

Designating the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as ‘‘National 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 

CASEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. CANTWELL, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. 

FETTERMAN, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KELLY, 

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. REED, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BROWN, 

Ms. WARREN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. CRUZ, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning on September 11, 2023, 

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 low-income and underserved students 

and creating opportunities and increasing access to higher education for such students; 


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Whereas, in the 2021-2022 academic year, 572 HispanicServing Institutions operated in the United States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, enrolling more 

than 5,000,000 students; 

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

prosperity of the United States; 

Whereas, Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 19 percent 

of all institutions of higher education, yet serve 30.5 percent of all undergraduate students and 65.6 percent of 

all Hispanic undergraduate students; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 28 

States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

Whereas 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 400 institutions operating in 43 States and the District of Columbia; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are actively involved 

in empowering 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 known as 

‘‘STEM’’); 

Whereas 7 of the top 10 institutions of higher education 

ranked by the Social Mobility Index were Hispanic-Serving Institutions; 


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Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions 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 across the United 

4 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

5 (2) designates the week beginning on Sep6 tember 11, 2023, as ‘‘National Hispanic-Serving In7 stitutions 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 in 

12 honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. 

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