HBCU DIGEST: The website with proof of how the Biden-Harris Administration has checked out on HBCUs
If you visit the website for Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the amount of information you find there would, at first sight, appear very impressive.
The page leads off with three White House fact sheets concerning proposals from the Biden-Harris Administration for HBCUs. Then there's a robust list of annual reports, strategy documents, planning, and studies on HBCUs.
At first sight, it is how a federal support initiative created by a presidential executive order should look. And in comparison, it is a much better presentation of the government's interest in Black colleges than its attention to initiatives for Asian Americans and Hispanics.
But how much does the comparative analysis say about the Biden-Harris' Administration's care for HBCUs? Most of the site's content is from prior versions of the initiative ordered under previous presidents.
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