How Will Historically Black Colleges Fare Under Trump?
HBCUs will still get federal funding, but not much else.
Last month, from historically black colleges and universities across the United States met with President Trump in hopes of securing increased federal funding. During the meeting, Trump signed an transferring oversight of a federal HBCU initiative from the Department of Education directly to the White House. Some saw the move as , others said it presaged the Trump administration’s support for HBCUs, and still others saw it as a cynical political maneuver. After all, Trump received a of the black vote in November.
