2 Richmond-area HBCUs plan to build laboratory schools
Two Richmond-area historically Black universities are planning to build college partnership laboratory schools.
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Two Richmond-area historically Black universities are planning to build college partnership laboratory schools.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Richmond-area historically Black universities are planning to build college partnership laboratory schools. Details on plans by Virginia State University in Ettrick and Virginia Union University in Richmond are scant.
The Progress-Index ETTRICK Virginia State University is set to receive $1 million to help science, technology, engineering and mathematics students obtain secondary teaching certifications. The university was selected by Gov. Ralph Northam as a part of HBCUTeach, a nationwide initiative that recruits undergraduate STEM majors at historically Black colleges and universities to become teachers. "In the next five years, 150 thousand new jobs will come available in the STEM fields. We want those jobs to be employed by people of all races, backgrounds and genders,” said Dr. Willis Walter, ...