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OPINION: Land-grant HBCUs have been shorted billions in funding compared to their white counterparts. But the renewal of the farm bill this year could address those shortages — and advocacy from ...
Stunning find of $1.8 billion in state account could be used to correct historical wrong at S.C. State University (Letters to the Editor) ... regarding a lack of funding for 1890 Land Grant HBCUs ...
The Biden administration demanded governors in 16 states address a more than $12 billion funding disparity between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non ...
The school's official name changed several times during the 20th century. In 1983, Cheyney was taken into the State System of Higher Education as Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The university has traditionally offered opportunities to many students from Philadelphia's inner city schools. [8] Its alumni have close ties in the city and state.
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) released its 2024 HBCU Economic Impact Report — Transforming Futures: The Economic Engine of HBCUs… HBCUs, though underfunded, provide billions in economic ...
Most HBCUs are located in the Southern United States, where state laws generally required educational segregation until the 1950s and 1960s. Alabama has the highest number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, and then Georgia. The list of closed colleges includes many that, because of state laws, were racially segregated.
HBCU libraries have formed the HBCU Library Alliance. That alliance, together with Cornell University, have a joint program to digitize HBCU collections. The project is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. [86] Additionally, more historically black colleges and universities are offering online education programs.
The GOP-controlled, majority-white Tennessee House voted in favor of the bill dismantling the entire board of trustees of Tennessee State University, an HBCU.