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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 372 

Designating the week beginning September 13, 2021, as ‘‘National HispanicServing Institutions Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. 

BRAUN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CASEY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, 

Mr. CRUZ, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

HAGERTY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

LANKFORD, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. 

SCOTT of Florida, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning September 13, 2021, 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 underserved students and helping 

those students attain their full potential by creating opportunities and increasing access to higher education; 


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Whereas 569 Hispanic-Serving Institutions operate in the 

United States; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 17 percent 

of all nonprofit institutions of higher education, yet serve 

27.9 percent of all students and 67 percent of all Hispanic students, enrolling 2,340,000 Hispanic students; 

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 362 institutions operating in 38 States and Puerto Rico; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 28 

States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are actively involved 

in empowering and improving the communities in which 

the institutions are located; 

Whereas 9 of the top 10 colleges and universities ranked by 

the Social Mobility Index are Hispanic-Serving Institutions; 

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 

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tutions, including the top-ranked institution, are Hispanic-Serving Institutions; 

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 

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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of 

3 Hispanic-Serving Institutions across the United 

4 States and in Puerto Rico; 

5 (2) designates the week beginning September 

6 13, 2021, 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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