TAMU joins the ranks of Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions

Exciting news about some significant progress in growing the impact of Texas A&M in serving the broader Hispanic/Latino community was reported today by President Loftin.

He reports in his regular 3/7 update that : 

* Building upon our land-grant mission, Texas A&M was recently recognized as one of the nation's 'top 25 colleges and universities serving Hispanics' by Poder Hispanic magazine: http://tx.ag/9gl4ej. 

A visit to the linked Poder Hispanic page shows that the University as a whole has 16.1% Hispanic undergraduate enrollment (1,031 bachelor's degrees, 17th in the nation), over the threshold of 15% required to be classified as an "Emerging Hispanic Serving" institution for the first time.  Once we grow to 25% Hispanic enrollment, we will join the ranks of fully-fledged Hispanic Serving Institutions or HSIs.  

This milestone is also reflected in the College of Geosciences, and we also far outperform our national peers in serving this community.  

-Texas A&M Geosciences BS graduates in 2010-11 were 14% Hispanic
-BS graduates nationally are ~3.5 % Hispanic in geosciences 

Additionally, we were recognized by the American Institute of Physics in 2010 as a top producer
of geoscience BS degrees for Hispanic students (1 of 13 schools in the nation, including UT Austin, UTEP and UTSA) based on 2005-2008 graduation rates.  Our recent increase in graduation rates for Hispanic students will only enhance this reputation in coming years.

Good news, but a call to keep working hard at making an inclusive and welcoming College for all of our students.

Eric