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time to make gains. My goal is to no longer hear the old HBCU adage of ‘do- ing so much, with so little, for so long.’ I want to see what HBCUs can do if the funding levels finally meet the level of
accomplishment of the institutions and their students. And I want to be part of the solution.”
• $338 million for the HBCUs via the Department of Education’s “Strengthening HBCUs” Program, an increase of $13 million over FY 2020. This grant program provides HBCUs with academic, physical plant, and operational funding to recognize the historic role of the institutions in producing leaders. • Restores Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated individuals. Incorporat- ing education into incarceration has long been known to be one of the proven ways to reduce recidivism.
Access to this program has been denied to incarcerated potential scholars for years.
“I am encouraged by the progress we’re making, but there is still more work to be done,” Murray said. “HBCUs have been underfunded by philanthropists, state governments, and even the federal government since their inception. It is
Opposite page, testifying with Dr. Herman J. Felton (Delta Psi 1999). 17 th President of Wiley College . Above with President Joseph R. Biden. Below standing with Senator Patty Murray, Senator Doug Jones and Majority Leader Senator Charles Schumer
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