Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice

Defining "Servingness" at HSIs

Gina Ann Garcia

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781648020162, 9781648020179
• eBook ISBN: 9781648020186
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

As the general population of Latinxs in the United States burgeons, so does the population of college-going Latinx students. With more Latinxs entering college, the number of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are not-for-profit, degree granting postsecondary institutions that enroll at least 25% Latinxs, also grows, with 523 institutions now meeting the enrollment threshold to become HSIs. But as they increase in number, the question remains: What does it mean to serve Latinx students?

This edited book, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining 'Servingness' at HSIs, fills an important gap in the literature. It features the stories of faculty, staff, and administrators who are defining 'servingness' in practice at HSIs. Servingness is conceptualized as the ability of HSIs to enroll and educate Latinx students through a culturally enhancing approach that centers Latinx ways of knowing and being, with the goal of providing transformative experiences that lead to both academic and non-academic outcomes. In this book, practitioners tell their stories of success in defining servingness at HSIs. Specifically, they provide empirical and practical evidence of the results and outcomes of federally funded HSI grants, including those funded by Department of Education Title III and V grants.

This edited book is ideal for higher education practitioners and scholars searching for best practices for HSIs in the United States. Administrators at HSIs, including presidents, provosts, deans, and boards of trustees, will find the book useful as they seek out ways to effectively serve Latinx and other minoritized students. Faculty who teach in higher education graduate programs can use the book to highlight practitioner engaged scholarship. Legislators and policy advocates, who fight for funding and support for HSIs at the federal level, can use the book to inform and shape a research-based Latinx educational policy agenda.

The book is essential as it provides a framework that simplifies the complex phenomenon known as servingness. As HSIs become more significant in the U.S. higher education landscape, books that provide empirically based, practical examples of servingness are necessary.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice
• Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining “Servingness” at HSIs
• Copyright
• For the students in Hispanic Serving Institutions, and the staff, faculty, and administrators trying to better serve them.
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE: DEFINING “SERVINGNESS” IN PRACTICE AT HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSIs)
• 1: CONNECTING RESEARCH, PRACTICE, AND POLICY TO DEFINE “SERVINGNESS” AT HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS
• 2: BUILDING AN HSI BRAND: A Case Study of California Lutheran University
• 3: BECOMING A RACIALLY JUST HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION (HSI): A Case Study of the University of California, Santa Cruz
• 4: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION: A Prerequisite to Serving Minoritized Students
• 5: USING INTERACTIVE THEATER TO STRENGTHEN HOLISTIC ADVISING AT A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION
• 6: REDESIGNING THE GATEWAY COLLEGE ALGEBRA COURSE WITH INCLUSIVE AND ASSET-BASED PEDAGOGY: Rethinking “Servingness” at a Hispanic Serving Institution
• 7: CONSIDERING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING SPACES AS “STRUCTURES FOR SERVING” AT HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS
• 8: CREATING COMMUNITY ENGAGED PARTNERSHIPS TO FOSTER TRUST WITH STEM & HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS
• 9: HSIs AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: A Framework for Strengthening Servingness Through Engagement
• 10: UNIFYING EQUITY PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND POLICIES AT A HISPANIC-SERVING RESEARCH INSTITUTION FOR SYSTEMIC SERVINGNESS
• 11: ACADEMIC MINDSET DEVELOPMENT AT AHISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION: The Impact of Implicit Beliefs on Academic Achievement
• 12: YES, YOU ARE MY BUSINESS!: Examining the Effects of Intrusive Advising at a Hispanic-Serving Community College
• 13: ACADEMIC MINDSET DEVELOPMENT AT A HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION: Using Non-Academic Outcomes as Indicators of “Serving” STEM Students
• 14: DEFINING SERVINGNESS THROUGH LEARNING COMMUNITIES: Sense of Belonging for Latinx STEM Transfer Students at an HSI
• 15: THE “LATIN@S IN ACADEMIA” LECTURE SERIES: Testimonio as a Tool for Enhancing Cultural Validation, Belongingness, and Graduate School Aspirations at an HSI
• 16: MENTORSHIP AND CULTURAL BELONGING FOR FIRST GENERATION AND TRANSFER STUDENTS AT AN HSI IN SOUTH TEXAS
• 17: ENGAGING FAMILIES TO FOSTER HOLISTIC SUCCESS OF LOW-INCOME, LATINX FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AT A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION
• ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS