The Higher Education Act and Minority Serving Institutions: Towards a Typology of Title III and V Funded Programs

• Main Author: William Casey Boland
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
• Series: Education Sciences
• Subjects: minority serving institutions; Higher Education Act; policy; student success
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/8/1/33

To date, there has been little analysis of MSI Title III and V grant-funded programs across all MSI categories. For researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, it is imperative to explore the contributions of MSIs as manifested in Title III and V grant-funded programs. The purpose of this study is to analyze MSI Title III and V programs based on project abstracts. This study is driven by three research questions: How have MSIs used their Title III and V grants? What are the expressed outcomes of MSI grant funding? Using restricted-use data obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, NCES IPEDS, and the Office of Postsecondary Education, this study uses a quantitative content analysis strategy to respond to the research questions in ways that can help stakeholders begin to understand the impact of the federal grant on MSIs.