Minority-Serving Institutions are colleges and universities that qualify for federal support because they enroll and serve large numbers of students from historically excluded racial or ethnic groups. The category includes Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, and other institutions created or recognized by Congress to address unequal access to higher education.
MSI funding is not just a campus budget line. It is one of the federal government tools for repairing unequal access to higher education. When an administration ends or reprograms MSI grants, the fight is about which students and institutions federal policy is built to protect.
MSI does not mean a school excludes other students. It means the institution meets federal criteria showing it serves a large share of students from specific communities Congress chose to support.
MSI funding is not just a campus budget line. It is one of the federal government tools for repairing unequal access to higher education. When an administration ends or reprograms MSI grants, the fight is about which students and institutions federal policy is built to protect.
MSI does not mean a school excludes other students. It means the institution meets federal criteria showing it serves a large share of students from specific communities Congress chose to support.