“HBCUs are critical to the foundation of our higher education system, and provide opportunities for some of the nation’s most promising and deserving students,” said Harris. “I am pleased funds in this bipartisan budget agreement will be invested in the future of these young people.
Spending bill Congress approved Friday increases funding to HBCUs by $35 million from $245 million to nearly $280 million for fiscal year 2018.
“We appreciate Congress increasing vital Title III funding which will allow our member-schools to continue building capacity and further demonstrate devoting federal resources to HBCUs remains a sound investment for the entire country…”
TMCF’s decision not to resist, but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump Administration has borne fruit at many levels.
The five-year grant was awarded by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO), an initiative supported by grants from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.
Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, released her legislation to reauthorize The Higher Education Act (HEA).