<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/articles/2025/2025-08-28-sdiccca-press-conference.php" dsn="news"><title>San Diego &amp; Imperial County Community Colleges, Legislators, and Business Leaders Unite to Defend Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Funding</title><featured>featured</featured><description>Today, the San Diego &amp; Imperial Counties Community College Association (SDICCCA) — representing six community college districts and more than 200,000 students, joined with state legislators, business leaders, and students to call for the protection of Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) funding in the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision not to defend the program against a federal lawsuit.</description><pubDate>08/29/2025 08:41:50 AM</pubDate><image><img src="/news/articles/2025/sdiccca-hsi-press-conference-1.jpg" alt="A group of students, government leaders, stakeholders and community members gather in solidarity for HSIs"/></image><tags><tag>Announcement</tag><tag>Important</tag><tag>communication</tag><tag>community college</tag><tag>dept of justice</tag><tag>federal funding</tag><tag>sdiccca</tag></tags></item>