Less than three years after becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution and two years after receiving its first federal grant for HSI development, Goshen College learned this month that the U.S. Department of Education is terminating the funding and other support for HSI schools. The federal government designated GC as a Hispanic-Serving Institution in January 2023, the fourth HSI school in Indiana at the time. The college qualified in part by having at least 25% of its undergraduate students identify as Hispanic/Latino.  In October of that year, the Department of Education awarded the college a highly competitive $3 million Title V grant...

By Mafe Aguilar Vargas • October 10, 2025 • News

Last week, the U.S. Department of  Education announced that it will be ending grant funding to certain minority-serving institutions. This includes Goshen College, which has had the designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution since 2023. This change represents a significant cut to grants nationally. According to the DOE’s press release, “Approximately $350 million in discretionary funds were expected to be allocated to support these programs in fiscal year 2025. These funds will be reprogrammed into programs that do not include discriminatory racial and ethnic quotas and that advance Administration priorities.” President Rebecca Stoltzfus said that this did not come as a total...

By Josiah Miller • September 18, 2025 • News