by Daniel Henry-smith | Dec 22, 2021 | News
The sprawling Build Back Better Act contains a provision that would be transformative for a set of historically Black colleges and universities: tens of millions of dollars in annual long-term funding for scholarships. The fate of President Biden’s social spending...
by Daniel Henry-smith | Nov 3, 2021 | News
As the centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s agenda works its way through Congress, Georgia’s Democratic representatives are calling for more money for historically black colleges and universities. “As the American Jobs and Families Plans have morphed into...
by Daniel Henry-smith | Oct 26, 2021 | News
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is setting up a conflict between Hispanic-serving colleges and historically Black institutions — with both vying for the same resources to address inequities for underserved populations. HBCUs have built a collective brand,...
by Daniel Henry-smith | Oct 25, 2021 | News
A historically Black college in Missouri is using federal COVID-19 relief funding to eliminate debt for its students from the 2020 academic year. Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis, one of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the state, used...
