Policy Study Touts the Expertise, Experience of Minority-Serving Schools

Policy Study Touts the Expertise, Experience of Minority-Serving Schools: When it comes to reaching the nation’s college completion goals, Minority Serving Institutions, or MSIs, should be seen as “experts in the education of low-income, first generation, and under-represented students.”

That’s one of the key points of a new policy brief issued this week by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, or IHEP, a D.C.-based organization that seeks higher education reform through research and policy.

“In this time of economic stress and rapid demographic shifts, we will need to turn to MSIs, which are experienced in doing more with less and are recognized leaders in educating and graduating students of color,” the brief states of MSIs, which enroll more than 2.3 million students or nearly 14 percent of all students, including African-American, American Indian, Hispanic and Asian American Pacific Islander students.