Written By Lexx Thornton This morning, the Department of Education redirected $435 million of previous discretionary funding to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). When added to the existing appropriations approved by Congress for HBCUs, the total award now stands at $1.38 billion for fiscal year 2025, a 48% increase over the previous amount. This funding is added to the following programs: the Strengthening HBCUs program, the Strengthening historically black graduate institutions program, and the HBCU master’s degree program. UNCF supports reprogramming the funding. “This additional funding is nothing short of a godsend for HBCUs,” said Lodriguez V. Murray, UNCF’s
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