President Obama plans to deliver a commencement speech for the nation’s 104 historically black colleges and universities on Saturday.
Anthony Fauci says the reopening of academic institutions in the fall will largely depend on the ability to do widespread testing and other factors.Forrest Harris is president of American Baptist College, a small liberal arts school in Nashville best known for educating future congressman John Lewis when he was helping plan the city’s lunch counter sit-ins. With a tiny endowment, the school relies heavily on tuition from its 100 students and is facing a “significant revenue loss” from COVID-19.
“HBCUs are hard to die,” Harris said. “They have a resilient spirit and a tradition of educating African Americans in communities that are going to fight hard for them.” “It will always be the case that black families are disproportionately affected by recessions and economic downturns,” Thomas said. “We’re already preparing ourselves for the idea that students who didn’t need aid before will need it now because someone has lost a job. Already parents are sending emails.”
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