By Keith Olson is the Director of Communications for Bluefield State University MacKenzie Scott’s recent $70 million gift to the UNCF is noble, generous, and will draw national attention to the transformative role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. For the 37 private UNCF member institutions, this pooled endowment will provide long-term financial stability and new opportunities to expand their impact. However, for public HBCUs like Bluefield State, the story is starkly different: this gift brings no direct benefit to our students, and while it elevates awareness of HBCUs, it threatens to deepen the divide between institutions with strong endowments
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