Biden Celebrates Investments in Black Colleges While Promoting Harris

[Valdosta]

[link:Biden Celebrates Investments in Black Colleges While Promoting Harris|https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/politics/biden-hbcu.html]
The New York Times

President Biden took the stage at an event for historically Black colleges and universities on Monday to promote a list investments and grants made to many of those schools under his watch, including a new $1.3 billion round of federal investments aimed in part at giving historically Black schools a competitive edge in research.

The president’s appearance at the conference in Philadelphia helped underscore a pledge to support historically Black institutions that he has returned to throughout his term, both in symbolic gestures such as addressing graduates at Howard University and Morehouse College, as well as more concrete measures such as boosting federal investment.

“The promise of America, and I mean this sincerely, is big enough for everyone to succeed,” Mr. Biden said. “And there’s been no more important voice for that truth in the Black community than our H.B.C.U.s.”

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[MichMan]

1. I don't know why we are supporting private colleges with public funds

When there are plenty of public colleges around, including HBCU.