Hispanic-Serving Colleges Proliferate; Enrollments Concentrate

The number of colleges and universities designated as Hispanic-serving continues to grow, as does the proportion of all Latino students they enroll, Excelencia in Education reports. The research and advocacy group found that there were 435 Hispanic-serving institutions in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in 2014-15, up 7 percent from the year before, and that those institutions enrolled 62 percent of all Latino students, up from 60 percent in 2013-14.