III 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 784 

Designating the week beginning on September 12, 2022, as ‘‘National 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. DURBIN, 

Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CASEY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. 

KAINE, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. REED, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KELLY, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HAGERTY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RUBIO, 

Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted the following resolution; which 

was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning on September 12, 2022, 

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; 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
2 

•SRES 784 ATS 

Whereas, in the 2020-2021 academic year, 559 HispanicServing Institutions operated in the United States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, enrolling more 

than 3,500,000 Hispanic students, according to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and 

Excelencia in Education; 

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

prosperity of the United States; 

Whereas, according to the Hispanic Association of Colleges 

and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 

16 percent of all institutions of higher education, yet 

serve 30.4 percent of all undergraduate students and 

66.1 percent of all Hispanic students; 

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 29 

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 393 institutions operating in 38 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’’); 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
3 

•SRES 784 ATS 

Whereas the top 10 institutions of higher education ranked 

by Third Way based on the economic mobility of the 

graduates 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 

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 12, 2022, 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. 

Æ 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB