Department of Education Grants for Colleges Serving Hispanic Americans.

Department of Education Grants for Colleges Serving Hispanic Americans. U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, built a career on a belief that education equalizes opportunity, moving from college dean and school superintendent to be announced on June 28 that 45Hispanic HispanicMulticulture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere Serving Institutions (HSIs) will receive $19.4 million ingrants. Hispanic Serving Institutions are colleges or universities in whichHispanic Americans represent at least 25 percent of the studentpopulation, at least half of whom are low income. Approximately 200 two- and four-year HSIs confer about half of allassociate and bachelor degrees awarded to Hispanic Americans. Forty of the institutions were awarded a total of $16.3 million forfive-year development grants to implement specific activities such asestablishing community outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. programs with local elementary andsecondary schools; offering special programs to improve students'academic success; and purchasing books and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. material. The other five institutions will receive a total of $3.1 millionfor five-year cooperative arrangement development grants. These grantscombine the resources of HSIs and other institutions to maximizeacademic programs for Hispanic Americans and other low-income studentswhile reducing costs and duplication duplication/du��pli��ca��tion/ (doo-pli-ka��shun)1. the act or process of doubling, or the state of being doubled.2. . In his June announcement, Paige said, "These grants will helpaddress the needs of colleges and universities that create high-qualityeducation and training opportunities for Hispanic Americanstudents--many of whom are the first in their families to seek a collegeeducation."