Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions. Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Report

摘要

The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive profile of all types of MSIs in the United States and to examine the characteristics of minority students who attend these institutions. The report adds to earlier research focusing on single types of MSIs primarily Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs2) (e.g., Provasnik and Shafer 2004), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) (e.g., Stearns and Watanabe 2002; Santiago 2006), or Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs4) (e.g., American Indian Higher Education Consortium 1999). In contrast to earlier research, this study examines all types of MSIs side by side and includes private for-profit institutions, which are typically excluded from studies on MSIs. This report consists of three sections, beginning with an overview of MSIs, discussing the major trends between 1984 and 2004 in the participation of minority students in U.S. higher education and the extent to which MSIs enroll minority students. This overview is followed by a description of how MSIs differed from other institutions in terms of their major institutional characteristics (e.g., sector,5 admissions selectivity, and population size of low-income students) in 2004. The report ends with an analysis of the demographic and enrollment characteristics of minority students attending MSIs and how they differ from those attending non-MSIs and across various types of MSIs.