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What Counts as a Minority-Serving Institution? Toward the Utilization of a Standardized and Uniform Definition and Typology

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ID9730916
AuthorsMike Hoa Nguyen (0000-0002-8963-0011, New York University, New York, NY, USA, corresponding author), Joseph J Ramirez (California Institute of Technology), Sophia Laderman (0000-0002-4028-5034, University of Denver, Denver, CO)
Year2023
Volume52
Issue3
Pages174-179
Publication date2023-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x221105861
OpenAlexW4324071993
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited9

Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are unique in their ability to support the educational advancement of students of color. Approximately one in five postsecondary institutions are eligible for funding under an MSI designation, yet more than half of all undergraduate students of color are enrolled in such colleges and universities. However, there continues to be great disagreement and confusion about how to define MSIs. Researchers, policymakers, advocacy organizations, and even institutions themselves have advanced different and inconsistent definitions as to what might be considered an MSI. Given these contrasting constructions of MSIs, the purpose of this article is to offer a uniform definition and typology as to how MSIs should be defined and to construct an MSI dataset based upon this approach. We assert that this approach will yield more accuracy to the description and study of MSIs, which will greatly benefit and inform the work of institutional leaders, advocates, policymakers, and the broader MSI research community

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