Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grappled with a long history of being ignored financially. What’s different today, several presidents say, is that people outside of HBCU circles are starting to notice the inequities.
North Carolina Central University, FILE - Ryan Herron/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The Biden administration on Friday announced more than half a million dollars in grants for three Historically Black Colleges and Universities that received bomb threats in 2022. Arkansas' Philander Smith College, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Hampton University each received between $100,000 and $215,000 through the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV). The schools are using the funding to address safety, security and mental health concerns of their communities, which were shaken by the recent scares, the Department of Education announced. "It was a total disruption," Dietra Trent, executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities, told ABC News. "These were traumatic experiences and it impacts academic outcomes and the mission
(WASHINGTON) The Biden administration on Friday announced more than half a million dollars in grants for three Historically Black Colleges and Universities that received bomb threats in 2022. Arkansas' Philander Smith College, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Hampton University each received between $100,000 and $215,000 through the Project School Emergency Response to Violence
(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday announced more than half a million dollars in grants for three Historically Black Colleges and Universities that received bomb threats in 2022. Arkansas’ Philander Smith College, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Hampton University each received between $100,000 […]
The Biden administration announced more than half a million dollars in grants for three Historically Black Colleges and Universities that received bomb threats in 2022.