Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Hispanic-serving institutions are crucial in promoting opportunity as the nation recovers from Covid-19's impact.April 21, 2021, 9:50 PM UTCAs higher education leaders mark 25 years since the creation of Hispanic-serving institutions, they're assessing how these colleges and universities can enroll and graduate more Latino students amid the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
"There was a lot of progress and accelerating enrollment. We were seeing increases in completion as well," Santiago said during a virtual briefing onheld on Wednesday."In one year, we saw a precipitous drop, scaling back some of the enrollment progress." In the briefing, education officials and Latino members of Congress reflected on the growth of these institutions while discussing how they can step up to recent challenges.said during the briefing."Institutions like HSIs play a major role in that. So when we're talking about recovery as a country, we need to acknowledge HSIs and the important work that they do to promote equity and access for all students.
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