July 19, 2010
Tessa Benavides

HACU President chosen to serve on inaugural financial literacy board

HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores has been chosen to serve as a member of the inaugural Gallup−HOPE Financial Literacy Index Advisory Board. The board will aid in enhancing and promoting the usefulness and integrity of the Gallup−HOPE Financial Literacy Index.

According to a recent Gallup and Operation HOPE news release, by bringing together thought leaders on financial literacy from business, government, finance and education, Gallup and HOPE expect this ground−breaking index will clearly make the case that financial literacy in our youth, combined with hope, engagement and well−being, promotes academic success.

The Index will assess American youth in targeted cities and compare their results to a national baseline to enable charting the effects of financial literacy education in current school curriculums across the country. Tangible numbers will provide policymakers and community−based organizations with an objective and continuous metric for youth financial literacy across America and a method for tracking results of financial literacy programming.



  

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America, Spain, and school districts throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Association’s headquarters are in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, California.

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