欧文康考迪亚大学 would be second faith-based university in Orange County to earn Hispanic-Serving Institution certification
加州欧文. (2018年4月9日) —— 欧文康考迪亚大学 (CUI) Board of Regents recently endorsed a university proposal that would prepare the private 路德 university to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution (恒生指数). 恒生指数 designation would allow the liberal arts university to compete for federal grants that serve low-income and first-generation Hispanic students. With nearly a quarter of its under研究生 student body identifying as Latino—23.5 percent in 2017-2018—Concordia Irvine expects to meet eligibility by the 2019-2020 academic year.
除了恒生指数指定, 欧文康考迪亚大学 expects to receive designation as a Minority-Serving Institution (MSI). The private university is nearing the 50 percent threshold of qualifying for this second designation which would also offer access to federal funds in order to serve minority students.
“Demographics in our region are shifting,” said Concordia Provost Peter Senkbeil. “As part of our commitment to serving our community, it makes sense to pursue 恒生指数 designation in order to better serve our growing Hispanic and minority student body, many of whom are first-generation students.” Senkbeil oversees the university’s 恒生指数 and MSI initiatives. 美国.S. Labor Department estimates that by 2024, nearly 20 percent of the U.S. 劳动力将是西班牙裔. “We need to prepare the future workforce of our country when they walk through our doors. These funds will assist us in strengthening our efforts.”
欧文康考迪亚大学 began to lay the groundwork for 恒生指数 efforts in 2016 with its Latina Leadership Conference—a free half-day event designed for female junior and senior high school students and community college students and their parents. The inaugural keynote from the White House’s Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics helped set the tone for the conference’s theme, 无论是过去还是现在，上大学都不是梦想, 这是一个计划.
“One in three students at Christian colleges and universities are first-generation—the first in their family to attend college,森克贝尔说. “Our efforts to become a Hispanic and Minority-Serving Institution aligns well with our mission to serve a diverse student body.”
While Concordia Irvine currently offers student services such as academic tutoring, 由恒指和微星资助, University organizers aim to enhance and expand those and other services with the help of the new funds. Plans include developing a mentoring program made up of first-generation faculty and staff who know what it’s like to be the first in their families to attend college. 除了, the University is working with local nonprofit youth development organizations which offer college readiness programs to their primarily low-income Latino students.
由联合国批准.S. 教育部 to non-profit two-year and four-year colleges and universities—public or private—with a 25 percent or higher Hispanic student population and more than half receiving financial aid, 恒生指数 designation allows institutions to compete for federal grants that fund faculty professional development, 课程开发, 以及学生服务. 根据美国.S. 教育部, there are over 450 colleges and universities designated as 恒生指数s in the United States and Puerto Rico. 在加州, nearly all Cal States and half of community colleges and half of University of California campuses have received recognition. 欧文康考迪亚大学 would be the second faith-based 恒生指数 university in Orange County following Vanguard University in Costa Mesa. Nearby UC Irvine received 恒生指数 designation May 2017.
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欧文康考迪亚大学 (CUI) is a non-profit 路德 Christian liberal arts four-year university that prepares students for their vocations—their calling in life. 康考迪亚大学招收本科生, 研究生, 以及教育方面的博士课程, 护理, 神学, 业务, 体育管理. CUI’s under研究生 program is distinctive because of its nationally recognized core curriculum, 持久的问题 & 的想法，其 路德 heritage that provides a thoughtful and caring Christian community that lives out the 神学 of “恩典. 独自一人信仰." 康科迪亚是一个 U.S. 新闻 Top Tier Regional University and has been named by 高等教育编年史 as one of the fastest growing private nonprofit master's institutions. The university is part of the 康考迪亚大学系统, the second largest education ministry system in the United States just behind the Catholic Church. The NCAA DII private university enrolls over 4,每年有1000名学生.
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