While there were an assortment of tribal colleges and community colleges, half of schools are historically black colleges and universities. Makola M. Abdullah who has been at the helm of the university since Virginia State University already was attempting to manage the decreasing funding from the state before Covid shut down most of its campus.
VSU is one of many underfunded and in many ways, heavily ignored institutions carrying a rich legacy, but fought to remain open. McNair about the unrestricted donation. Tuskegee University, a year-old institution with a rich legacy of vocational and philosophical studies had been struggling fiscally.
As a result, there were issues in hiring new faculty and developing programs in Not only are university administrators happy, but the current and increased interest of potential students.
During the nationwide protests against racial violence and injustice after the death of Minneapolist motorist George Floyd, HBCUs across the board saw an increase in enrollment. This included star athletes and student-scholars. But, with the gross history of discrimination in underfunding, the concern of some was how would schools manage, especially since they were taking hits financially due to shut downs. While there are reports that they in general fared well in student-compliance when dealing with Covid during the fall semester, recovering in education has a long road to walk.
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