Two-time Baldrige Award winning Alamo Colleges District, represented by Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores, along with other Hispanic-Serving Institution leaders joined President Joe Biden at the White House today to ceremoniously sign an order that advances support for HSIs. 

HSIs are colleges, universities, or districts with at least 25% Hispanic enrollment.

President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14124 during the event, establishing the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through HSIs. 

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced nearly $19 million in transformational investments to build research infrastructure at five HSIs in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Puerto Rico.

These efforts build on the Administration’s historic investment of over $16 billion in more than 500 HSIs across 30 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that educate more than 4.7 million students annually.

All the Alamo Colleges are Hispanic-Serving Institutions and St. Philip’s College is the nation’s only HSI and Historically Black College and University (HBCU). 

For more information on the signing event, click here.