HACU CEO HONORED BY HISPANIC MAGAZINE
The award will be presented during the magazine’s annual Hispanic Achievement Awards on August 18, 2005 at the Fairmont Hotel in
Each year HISPANIC magazine recognizes the achievements of Hispanics in the
Antonio R. Flores, Ph.D., is responsible for the overall leadership of HACU, the only national educational association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), colleges and universities with a Hispanic enrollment of at least 25%, and other higher education institutions committed to Hispanic access and success. Since his taking over HACU’s presidency in 1996, total membership has grown from 161 colleges and universities to over 400, the number of HSI members has more than doubled, International membership has increased from 7 to 43 in seven countries in Latin America and Spain, and a new category of Partner Institutions has been created, now numbering 46 institutions in 27 states. The Association’s operating budget has doubled from $4.1 million in 1996 to $9 million in 2004.
A leading advocate for Hispanic higher education on Capitol Hill, Flores has seen federal appropriations for Hispanic-Serving Institutions under the competitive Title V grant program of the Higher Education Act grow from $12 million in FY 1996 to $95 million in FY 2005. HACU’s National Internship Program, which places Hispanic students in paid internships with federal agencies and major corporations, grew from 288 interns in 1996 to over 600 in recent years and has been nationally recognized as the largest Hispanic internship program in the country.
Flores has been a strong voice for the importance of diversity in higher education from the Hopwood decision in
Prior to his position at HACU,
HACU, which has its national headquarters in
For more information about HACU, contact HACU Director of Communications Cynthia Vela at (210) 576-3242 (cvela@hacu.net), or visit www.hacu.net.
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