WASHINGTON, September 18, 2023 – U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack today corresponded to 16 guvs stressing the over $12 billion variation in financing in between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non-HBCU land-grant peers in their states.
The 16 guvs getting the letter are:
- Alabama– Gov. Kay Ivey
- Arkansas– Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Florida– Gov. Ron DeSantis
- Georgia– Gov. Brian Kemp
- Kentucky– Gov. Andy Beshear
- Louisiana– Gov. John Bel Edwards
- Maryland– Gov. Wes Moore
- Mississippi– Gov. Tate Reeves
- Missouri– Gov. Michael Parson
- North Carolina– Gov. Roy Cooper
- Oklahoma– Gov. J. Kevin Stitt
- South Carolina– Gov. Henry McMaster
- Tennessee– Gov. Bill Lee
- Texas– Gov. Greg Abbott
- Virginia– Gov. Glenn Youngkin
- West Virginia– Gov. James C. Justice, II
There are HBCU land-grant organizations in 18 states; nevertheless, Delaware and Ohio have actually equitably moneyed their particular universities.
“Unacceptable financing injustices have actually required a number of our country’s prominent Historically Black Colleges and Universities to run with insufficient resources and hold-up vital financial investments in whatever from school facilities to research study and advancement to trainee assistance services,” stated U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “I am continuously motivated by all that HBCUs have actually attained regardless of needing to punch above their weight. Our HBCUs finish a big share of our country’s Bla