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FACULTY AND STAFF AFFILIATES Mission & Statement of Purpose The mission of HACU’s Faculty and Staff Affiliates is to promote Hispanic student access to and success in higher education; encourage the diversity of faculty and staff at institutions of higher learning; and provide a network of support for faculty and staff committed to Hispanic higher education throughout the country. To this end, its members are committed to the following priorities:
STUDENTS • Helping Hispanic students succeed at their individual institutions; • Sharing grant and scholarship opportunities that can help Hispanic students succeed; • Participating in HACU’s annual scholarship review committee; • Developing student programs that can provide mentoring to students or create internship programs with sister universities; • Helping identify and implement programming that focuses on pre-collegiate preparation for Hispanic students;
FACULTY • Helping Hispanic faculty and staff succeed at their individual institutions; • Creating more networking opportunities for faculty and staff of all ethnicities; • Promoting and sharing opportunities for advancement for faculty and staff; • Sharing best practices with Faculty and Staff Affiliates; • Helping identify and implement programming that focuses on higher education leadership training for minority faculty and staff; • Creating professional and personal development opportunities;
ADMINISTRATION • Finding new and innovative ways of advertising and recruiting Hispanics for positions at various levels; • Creating a network for résumé posting for mid-level and senior-level positions; • Finding and promoting tenure employment opportunities for minority faculty; • Helping HACU-member and non-member institutions develop plans to recruit more Hispanics in higher education; • Encouraging member institutions to support HACU’s legislative agenda. |