Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges
Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Jeff Amy and Larry Fenn
Associated Press
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Atlanta Two recent high-profile faculty appointments could be a fundraising and enrollment bonanza for Howard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious Black colleges. Many other Black schools are not so fortunate; in fact, many are struggling.
Some, especially smaller private colleges, have been fighting for their survival for years, with weak endowments, aging buildings and steady enrollment declines, all made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
“While larger HBCUs often have the funding resources necessary to attract accomplished talent like Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, many smaller institutions need donors to step forward, contributing much-needed financial resources for us to compete,” said Paulette Dillard, president of Shaw University, a private Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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