The activist group that defeated affirmative action is part of a lawsuit that claims the federal Hispanic Serving Institutions grant program sets arbitrary standards.

Some researchers, advocates and students say the HSI designation is not synonymous with specifically meeting the needs of Latino students.

The University of Texas at Austin has enrolled enough Latinos to be considered a Hispanic-Serving Institution, a milestone both cheered and dismissed.

Advocates say changes are urgently needed as the COVID economic crisis could create a historically large wave of transfer students, who are more likely to be Black, Latinx and Native American.