These Minority-Serving Institutions Could Lose Money Under the House Republicans’ New Plan

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to release a bill this week that would reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, and one proposal could adversely affect minority-serving institutions.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the bill — which seeks to revise higher education’s landmark law — will include a provision that would stiffen eligibility requirements for colleges, including historically black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions, to receive funds under Title III and Title V of the law. Those programs are intended to help minority-serving institutions increase academic resources and offerings, among other things. Under the bill, the institutions would be required to graduate or transfer at least 25 percent of their students.

The details of the plan beyond that are few and far between, and once the bill is released, it is likely to look much different than the first draft.

According to a Chronicle analysis, based on first-year, full-time student graduation or transfer rates, at least 61 institutions that receive Title III or Title V money fall below the 30-percent mark, at or near ineligibility. And 36 institutions would be ineligible to receive funds if the Republican plan, as it’s been reported, were to pass.

Here are the institutions that could be affected:

Dan Bauman is a reporter who investigates and writes about all things data in higher education. Tweet him at @danbauman77 or email him at dan.bauman@chronicle.com. Adam Harris is a breaking-news reporter. Follow him on Twitter @AdamHSays or email him at adam.harris@chronicle.com.

Clarification (11/30/2017, 1:57 p.m.): This table originally listed incompletely one institution. It is the University of New Mexico at Gallup, not the university system or its main campus, in Albuquerque. The table has been updated accordingly.