Enrollment is growing at Virginia HBCUs. But they face historic underfunding.
Federal officials this September estimated Virginia State had been underfunded by more than $277 million between 1987 and 2020.
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Federal officials this September estimated Virginia State had been underfunded by more than $277 million between 1987 and 2020.
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently informed governors of 16 states – including Oklahoma – that their land-grant Historical Black Colleges and Universities had
Federal officials say South Carolina should make up for decades of underfunding for S.C. State University in Orangeburg, which they say totals nearly $470 million.
Predominantly white colleges that started as land-grant schools received $13 billion more than their historically Black counterparts.
There’s skepticism among some leaders about a Biden administration notice admonishing historically unequal funding for SC’s only public HBCU. Will “antipathy” toward Biden affect chances to remedy inequality for S.C. State?