Black colleges get funding boost under federal spending plan
Spending bill Congress approved Friday increases funding to HBCUs by $35 million from $245 million to nearly $280 million for fiscal year 2018.
United States Congress Gives HBCUs More Life: ‘HBCUs Remains A Sound Investment For The Entire Country’
“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…”
Direct Engagement with President Trump and the GOP is paying off for the HBCU community
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.
Albany State University receives $3 million for new Center for Educational Opportunity
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.
THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND STATEMENT ON 2017 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION
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).
Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO) Expands Team with Gerard Robinson as Executive Director
The Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO) today announces former Virginia secretary of education, scholar, and policy analyst Gerard Robinson as executive director.