Our students and our leaders deserve more than to be a catalyst for liberal or conservative groups to use the conference as an agenda amplifier; especially when HBCUs have hard work ahead in securing partnerships to promote and to bolster institutional strengths in STEM, national defense, public health, secondary education, entrepreneurship and business management.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds President Trump’s decision to name a new executive director for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Johnathan M. Holifield has more than 20 years of multidisciplinary business and government experience, which will help lead the critical work of developing a robust policy and budgetary agenda to positively impact HBCUs, including our 47 publicly-supported member-schools.
Do you have $100,000 saved for your child to earn a four-year public college degree or as much as $200,000 for that same student to attend a private university? Paying for the high cost of college is a major burden facing many families across the country.
TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. joined the Rhoden Fellow’s Podcast HBCU 468 to discuss the state of HBCUs and the new leader of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
“The greatest country on earth is awash in fragile communities in which less than 20 percent of adults are literate, fourth graders lack proficiency in basic reading and math, jobs are scarce, and incarceration is as common as college.”
The official announcement on Monday that Betsy DeVos would address Bethune-Cookman’s graduating class has met with pushback – but TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. explains how the evidence of “early wins” – aided by TMCF advocacy – is a good sign for the HBCU community.