Appendix B
Minority Serving Institutions
TABLE B-1 Historically Defined Minority Serving Institutions
MSI Type | Acronym | Federal Recognition | Federal Definition |
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities | HBCU | Higher Education Act of 1965 | Any historically Black college or university established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans |
Tribal Colleges and Universities | TCU | Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 | Institutions chartered by their respective Indian tribes through the sovereign authority of the tribes or by the federal government with the specific purpose to provide higher education opportunities to Native Americans through programs that are locally and culturally based, holistic, and supportive |
TABLE B-2 Enrollment-Defined Minority Serving Institutions, as Defined by the U.S. Department of Education (NASEM, 2019a, Table 3-2)
MSI Type | Acronym | Federal Recognition | Federal Definition |
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions | HSIs | Higher Education Act of 1991 | Institutions with 25 percent or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time-equivalent student enrollment. |
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions | ANNHI | Higher Education Act of 1998 | Alaska Native-Serving Institutions are institutions that have at least 20 percent Alaska Native students. Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions are institutions that have at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian students. Collectively, these institutions are referred to as ANNHI institutions. |
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions | AANAPISI | College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 | Institutions that have at least 10 percent enrollment of Asian American Pacific Islander students. |
Predominantly Black Institutions | PBI | Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 |
Institutions that have the following demographics:
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Native American-Serving, Nontribal Institutions | NASNTI | Native American-Serving, Nontribal Institutions | Institutions that have at least 10 percent enrollment of Native American students |
Source: NASEM, 2019, Table 3-2.