Title V of the Higher Education Act (HEA) is a federally funded grant program, created in 1998 to assist certain colleges and universities in improving the higher education of Hispanic students in the United States.
The United States Higher Education Act of 1965 was signed into law on November 8, 1965.
[2] The research that led to the creation of Title V found that HSIs provided a significant proportion of postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic students, while receiving less in state and local funding per student than other institutions of higher education.
Such activities could include the renovation of instructional facilities, faculty development, the purchase of scientific or laboratory equipment for teaching, financial and administrative management, development and improvement of academic programs, joint use of facilities, academic tutoring, counseling programs, and student support services.
For the first time it provided funding for graduate programs of HSIs in its new "Part B" section ("Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans").