States underfunding Black land-grant colleges, say Vilsack and Cardona
Two members of the Biden cabinet called on 16 states to provide more equitable funding to the historically Black land-grant universities that were established under the so-called Second Morrill Act of 1890. “The longstanding and ongoing underinvestment…disadvantages the students, faculty, and community” surrounding the schools, wrote Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack… » Read More
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