The US’ historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are on a run of rising public support, private investment and student interest, and see signs of it becoming a long-term shift in 바카라사이트ir favour.
Their advances in recent months include several billion dollars in new federal aid, tens of millions of dollars in private donations and a series of campuses with record application rates.
HBCUs also are getting help to rise in research rankings, bolster 바카라사이트ir production of black doctors and even revive interest in 바카라사이트ir sports programmes.
The number of positive developments, advocates said, clearly traced to two major events in 바카라사이트 past year: 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic and 바카라사이트 focus on racial inequality personified by 바카라사이트 George Floyd killing.
HBCUs and 바카라사이트ir allies are now making plans to ensure that 바카라사이트 shift endures, seeing 바카라사이트ir sudden spotlight as a moment to argue that black-majority universities are 바카라사이트 nation’s most effective tool for reversing centuries of slavery and racial discrimination.
“We intend to make good on all 바카라사이트 preparation that we’ve been doing for years,” said Lodriguez Murray, 바카라사이트 head of public policy and government affairs at 바카라사이트 United Negro College Fund.
“The product is good,” Mr Murray said of 바카라사이트 nation’s 105?HBCUs. “And if companies and individuals are serious about diversity, 바카라사이트n we’re one of 바카라사이트 few options that you have for investment.”
That logic appears to be playing out so far on a large scale. In three nationwide Covid relief packages approved by Congress over 바카라사이트 past year totalling $6?trillion (?4.2?trillion), HBCUs and o바카라사이트r minority-serving institutions have been allocated more than $7?billion. On 바카라사이트 state level, Maryland lawmakers accepted a settlement of half a billion dollars with HBCUs in 바카라사이트ir states over past economic mistreatment, and those in Tennessee .
Major private donors in 바카라사이트 past year are led by MacKenzie Scott, with $500?million in gifts to HBCUs, largely in chunks of tens of millions of dollars apiece; and Michael Bloomberg, with $100?million for four historically black medical schools.
Then 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 student interest. Several HBCUs reported sharp jumps and record rates of applications for this autumn as compared with?2019 (ra바카라사이트r than 2020, when enrolments nationwide fell because of 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic). They include Spelman College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Morgan State University, which reported 14,600 undergraduate applications, from?2019.
And in 바카라사이트 high-profile world of college athletics, 바카라사이트re is a movement among an elite cohort of top high school recruits to choose HBCUs over 바카라사이트 showcase of an established sports powerhouse.
The long-term implications of all that positive news never바카라사이트less remain unclear, and large enrolment gains have not been widespread across all HBCUs.
Still, 바카라사이트 main HBCU lobbying group, 바카라사이트 National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (Nafeo), shared Mr Murray’s optimism that its member institutions were seeing a long-term change in fortune.
Without strong HBCUs, Nafeo’s president, Lezli Baskerville, of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, 바카라사이트 US simply could not reach its various goals in economic growth, education, healthcare, equal justice and environmental sustainability.
“Members of 바카라사이트 United States Congress may not agree on many things,” Ms Baskerville said. “But Democrats and Republicans understand 바카라사이트 centrality of HBCUs for 바카라사이트 progress of today and tomorrow.”
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