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Historically Black colleges and universities are chronically underfunded

by Damon Mitchell

Nov 18, 2021

HBCU advocates say funding shortfalls mean less scholarship money and financial aid for students and can lead to lower graduation rates.

From 1957 to 2007, Tennessee State University, an HBCU, received far less money than it was due by virtue of its federal land-grant designation.

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