How Hispanic-Serving School Districts Are Supporting Well-Rounded Student Outcomes
In this edCircuit exclusive interview, we interview Dr. Antonio R. Flores and Jeanette Morales from the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities.
On February 26, 1996, Antonio R. Flores became the third president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Prior to this position, Flores served as director of programs and services for the Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority.
Since the appointment of Flores, HACU has nearly tripled its membership and budget, expanded its programs three-fold, significantly improved legislation for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), increased annual federal funding for HSIs from $12 million in fiscal 1995 to over $267 million for fiscal 2018, and secured millions of dollars in new private funding for HSIs and HACU associate members, including a $28 million HSI Kellogg initiative. More than $3.3 billion in federal funding has been allocated to HSIs during Flores’ tenure.
Flores is a member of the Washington Higher Education Secretariat, American Educational Research Association, Independent Sector, chair of the Subcommittee on Student and Recent Graduate Recruitment for the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council, and past chair of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility and the Alliance for Equity in Higher Education.
In this edCircuit exclusive interview, we interview Dr. Antonio R. Flores and Jeanette Morales from the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities.