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What's It Like to Work at a Postsecondary Minority Institution?

Online Resources about Postsecondary Minority Institutions and Job Searches

General

United States Department of Education, Lists of Postsecondary Minority Institutions [1]

This page lists institutions of higher education that enroll populations with significant percentages of minority students, or that serve certain populations of minority students under various programs created by Congress.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education [2]

The website for the magazine contains news articles about PMIs, as well as a job search feature.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions  [3]

This government report looks at characteristics of students at different types of minority-serving institutions.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

United Negro College Fund  [4]

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) [5]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund  [6]

These higher education associations’ websites contain a wealth of resources on HBCUs.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Recent Trends [7]

This 2007 report was prepared by a subcommittee of the American Association of University Professor’s Committee on Historically Black Institutions and Scholars of Color.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2007).  Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001. [8]

This government report presents enrollment and institutional trends in HBCUs over a quarter century.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)

Hispanic Association of College and Universities [9]

See this site for “Facts on Hispanic Higher Education and HSIs” and employment opportunities.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). Hispanic Serving Institutions: Statistical Trends from 1990 to 1999 [10]

The first report by NCES to focus on HSIs, this publication surveys enrollment and institutional trends.

Tribal Colleges and Universities

American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) [11]

American Indian College Fund [12]

These association websites offer an overview of tribal colleges and the students and communities they serve.  The American Indian College Fund links to a jobs database for tribal colleges, while the AIHEC site also links to the Tribal College Journal, a quarterly publication of the AIHEC.

White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities [13]

This site contains a list of institutions, reports, and resources on tribal colleges.

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 Resources and Links

Source URL: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/programs/wil_pmi

Links:
[1] http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html
[2] http://diverseeducation.com/
[3] http://nces.ed.gov/PUBSEARCH/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008156
[4] http://www.uncf.org/members/index.asp
[5] http://www.nafeo.org/community/index.php
[6] http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net/v1/index.ph
[7] http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/HBCUTrends.htm
[8] http://nces.ed.gov/PUBSEARCH/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004062
[9] http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Data,_Statistics,_and_Research_EN.asp?SnID=1400082697
[10] http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002051
[11] http://http://www.aihec.org/
[12] http://http://www.collegefund.org/
[13] http://http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whtc/edlite-index.html
[14] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/category/tags/whats-it