Milestones
Fall 2020
Phase 1: Exploration
- Facilitated Campus Conversations:
- In October 2020, multiple meetings were held to learn more from students, staff/faculty and alumni regarding current strengths and suggested areas of improvement with a focus on what it means to be an HSI
- A follow up meeting to identify themes from each discussion was held on Nov. 3. Identified
themes included:
- UNC as an HSI — finally!
- Deliver on HSI promise — do it right!
- Student success mindset
- Resources and funding
- Setting ourselves apart
- Greeley community — pipeline from Greeley/Evans schools and Aims Community College
- Leadership commitment & strategy
November 13, 2020
HSI 2025 Plan Approved by UNC Board of Trustees
- Desire that UNC be the first institution of choice including an HSI designation
- Exploration timeline was presented as part of Phase 1 in HSI timeline
- UNC will launch a working group in January 2021, to identify resource needs
- Board requested information on what Hispanic/latine-identifying students are studying and where potential career opportunities lie in the future
January 24, 2021
Development of UNC HSI Working Group
- Facilitators from the fall 2020 conversations, faculty, staff and student representatives discuss the campus conversations and next steps
- Identification of resource needs and metrics for success
- Creation of mission and vision for HSI designation and the impact of "serving-ness" as an HSI
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Phase 2: Discovery
- Refine key strategies of the designation in alignment with UNC's strategic plan
- Research exemplar HSI institutions and programs
- Launch extensive communications plan and begin campus, community and stakeholder introduction
to HSI at UNC
- Utilize coordinated multi-channel messaging, facilitated presentations, focused training and educational workshops
- March 2022: UNC hosts Dr. Gina Garcia, a leading scholar on Hispanic Serving Institutions.
- Conduct campus-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion readiness exercise and inventory
- To be completed by each division and academic department by fall 2021/spring 2022
- 2022 UNC Hispanic Serving Institution Project Survey Report
July 2022 - June 2024
Phase 3: Pre-Implementation
- Creation of HSI Fellows program
- Launch of campus-wide HSI Steering Committee
- Host Dr. Roberto Montoya from the Colorado Department of Higher Education
- Refine strategies through assessment metrics and create feedback from institutional leadership
- Initiate pre-implementation strategies with institution-specific metrics
- Apply for federal HSI designation
- Investigate HSI grant funding opportunities
July 2024 - June 2025
Phase 4: Assessment
- Evaluate metrics and outcomes for effectiveness and efficiency
- Ensure alignment to UNC's strategic plan
- Apply for HSI grant funding
- Align efforts within Students First institutional framework
Fall 2025
Phase 5: Implementation
- Project accomplishment — UNC becomes an HSI
- Continued evaluation and refinement of efforts
- Delivery of resources
- Student Success
- Financial
- Personnel
- Organizational Design
