Trump pledges support for HBCUs, but no additional money

Tuesday Trump signed an executive order making HBCU’s a priority for his administration. She may also find it hard to believe that despite the desire to learn, Jim Crow laws prevented black students from having a choice in the matter. “The president has set a high bar; however, we await the opportunity to see if the administration will meet their pledges, specifically as it pertains to funding for HBCUs”.

One college president told BuzzFeed that while he’s heard a “lot worse than that, he was “waiting on him to say something worse“.

KIMBROUGH: Well, that this administration is going to fully support HBCUs in the work that we do; we value HBCUs. In a prepared statement Lomax said, “Today’s meeting was an important first step toward building a working relationship between the administration, UNCF, and America’s HBCUs”.

Investment in historically black colleges and universities. Our graduates go on to become middle-class earners.

Monday’s visit was arranged by Omarosa Manigault, the one-time “Apprentice” contestant and now director of communications for the White House’s Office of Public Engagement.

Trump’s order will move the federal government’s program for promoting historically black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, back under direct oversight of the White House.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have done this since their founding. However, there were those who felt overwhelmed by the president’s move, according to The Washington Post.

Several of the presidents may have a tough time explaining to their students and alumni why they were willing to meet with Trump and GOP lawmakers.

Historically black colleges and universities were not a choice for African-Americans throughout most of their history – they were the only institutions, with very few exceptions, that would accept African-Americans due to the intense racism and segregation in the United States. You know, there was some really strong promises made when we were in the Oval Office yesterday.

Many Democratic congresswomen wore white to Trump’s speech to honor the women’s suffragist movement. Therefore, either the nation needs three times as many HBCUs or the existing HBCUs should be three times larger.

Those defending Obama’s record will point out he increased funds for HBCU students by $1 billion.

“The Pell Grant should be the equalizer”. They are pioneers in providing culturally relevant, high-quality education that empowers and uplifts African-Americans when no one else would. Nearly two-thirds of African American undergraduate students receive Pell funding.

The authors of the Ed Trust report concluded that there was still significant room for improvement in the graduation rates of the HBCUs, particularly noting the wide disparity between some HBCU campuses. The proposal, which was never enacted by a Republican-controlled Congress, was later changed to include HBCUs.

There are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities in the US, with a total enrollment of more than 300,000 students. President Obama was critical of HBCU graduation rates and loan policies.

Dr. Logan Hampton, president of Lane College, an HBCU in Jackson, was among the members of the delegation. That’s what the goal of an American academic institution should be, and we’re accomplishing it. “It happened with Pell”. And in the past generation, the percentage of black college students attending HBCUs dropped from 18 percent of the overall total of black college students in 1976 to 8 percent in 2014.

“There was very little listening to HBCU presidents today”.