The Messiah Screwing Black Colleges

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HopeOverFear  Donating Member  (838 posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list  Donate to DU!      Mon May-11-09 05:47 PM
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Black Colleges Will Fight Cut To Federal Program
   
NY Times


Leaders of historically black colleges say they'll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

President Barack Obama's education budget, unveiled Thursday, included major spending increases in many areas -- but didn't include an extra $85 million that black institutions have received annually for the past two years thanks to a 2007 change to the student loan laws.

That two-year-old program provided direct funds to federally recognized HBCUs -- historically black colleges and universities.

Other direct federal support to the schools would increase from $238 million to $250 million, but with the expiration of the HBCU fund the schools effectively would see a $73 million cut.

A program supporting Native American tribal colleges would also see decreased funding, while one for institutions serving large numbers of Hispanic students would see an increase from $93 million to $98 million.

Education Department officials emphasized that all such institutions stand to gain from other parts of the budget, notably the proposed increase in the maximum Pell Grant for low-income students by $200 -- to $5,550.

Still, the move could suggest that even as the administration pushes big education spending increases focused on low-income and minority students, direct support for institutions isn't the most favored method. The HBCU program is unusual; most federal help for higher education goes to students, and thus only indirectly to schools.

''The administration is definitely committed to strengthening HBCUs and other colleges and universities that serve minority populations,'' said Carmel Martin, assistant secretary of education, on a press conference call Thursday. ''And one of the best ways we can do that is by supporting our students.''

The historically black colleges and universities have been hit particularly hard by the recession, and HBCU leaders said this is no time to cut back on programs offering direct support to institutions that play an outsized role educating the neediest students.

The 105 federally recognized HBCUs make up just 3 percent of U.S. colleges but account for nearly 20 percent of undergraduate degrees awarded to blacks, according to UNCF, the United Negro College Fund. However, some have struggled with low graduation rates. An AP analysis earlier this year found that, overall, black students at four-year HBCUs have lower graduation rates than black students at other schools.

HBCUs have about 132,000 students receiving Pell grants, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal figures collected by the nonprofit group The Education Trust. Even if all got the maximum $200 Pell Grant increase, that would provide HBCUs new revenue totaling only about one-third of the funding cut outlined in the budget.

     Obama's a Harvard man...no use for black schools, I guess



     In case you missed it, here's the money shot:

     

President Barack Obama's education budget, unveiled Thursday, included major spending increases in many areas -- but didn't include an extra $85 million that black institutions have received annually for the past two years thanks to a 2007 change to the student loan laws.
     

     2007? Why, the Messiah hadn't yet ascended  by then. So who might have signed that legislation into law? Hmmm...







and Obama killed it.




     

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[BannedFromDU]

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[franksolich]

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[USA4ME]

And none of them have called Dear Leader a racist yet.  How do they hold back their passion so?

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[JohnnyReb]

And none of them have called Dear Leader a racist yet.  How do they hold back their passion so?

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Dear Leader is conflicted....his white half hates his black half and his black half hates his white half....so it all depends on which half is dominate on any given day.

[Eupher]

Dear Leader is conflicted....his white half hates his black half and his black half hates his white half....so it all depends on which half is dominate on any given day.

 

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