"SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities joined the Association for the Study of Higher Education in a new partnership designed to promote Hispanic higher education research and institutional development initiatives.
A formal Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).
""This partnership will combine the research strengths of our national organizations to ultimately enhance efforts to enhance the higher education success of the nation's youngest and fastest-growing minority population,"" said HACU President Antonio R. Flores.
HACU and ASHE will work in partnership to attract private and public funding and other resources for research and scholarly work, including fellowships for graduate studies and dissertations germane to Hispanic education issues. The agreement outlines issues ranging from pre-collegiate readiness and access to college retention, graduation and career outcomes.
""This agreement will allow us to leverage our resources and expertise to attract additional resources to address the pressing problems that face Hispanic higher education,"" said Edward Codina, HACU's executive director of information and policy analysis.
HACU represents more than 270 colleges and universities that collectively educate more than two-thirds of all Hispanic higher education students. Hispanic Business Magazine recently named HACU one of the nation's top 25 nonprofit organizations. Hispanic Business also named HACU President Antonio R. Flores one of ""The 100 Most Influential Hispanics"" in America.
ASHE, headquartered at the University of Missouri at Columbia, is a scholarly society with 1,200 members dedicated to the study of higher education issues. "
A formal Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).
""This partnership will combine the research strengths of our national organizations to ultimately enhance efforts to enhance the higher education success of the nation's youngest and fastest-growing minority population,"" said HACU President Antonio R. Flores.
HACU and ASHE will work in partnership to attract private and public funding and other resources for research and scholarly work, including fellowships for graduate studies and dissertations germane to Hispanic education issues. The agreement outlines issues ranging from pre-collegiate readiness and access to college retention, graduation and career outcomes.
""This agreement will allow us to leverage our resources and expertise to attract additional resources to address the pressing problems that face Hispanic higher education,"" said Edward Codina, HACU's executive director of information and policy analysis.
HACU represents more than 270 colleges and universities that collectively educate more than two-thirds of all Hispanic higher education students. Hispanic Business Magazine recently named HACU one of the nation's top 25 nonprofit organizations. Hispanic Business also named HACU President Antonio R. Flores one of ""The 100 Most Influential Hispanics"" in America.
ASHE, headquartered at the University of Missouri at Columbia, is a scholarly society with 1,200 members dedicated to the study of higher education issues. "