Trump Expresses Commitment to Historically Black Colleges By Emel Akan September 10, 2019 Updated: September 10, 2019 “You’ve seen this administration’s commitment—bigger and better and stronger than any previous administration, by far. So that’s very important,” he said. Soon after taking office, Trump signed an executive order on HBCUs and vowed to make black colleges an “absolute priority.” He ordered more than 30 agencies to develop plans on how to make these institutions more competitive when seeking grants and other federal support. “I signed legislation to increase federal funding for HBCUs by a record 13 percent. That was the highest ever done,” Trump said. The White House initiative has resulted in the inclusion of HBCUs in the federal five-year STEM Education Plan and the federal Research and Development Budget Priorities, according to a report by Black Enterprise, a black-owned multimedia company. It also helped increase investment in HBCU programs under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. There are more than 100 HBCUs across the country, with most of them located in the South. The most notable ones include Hampton University in Virginia, Howard University in Washington, and Spelman and Morehouse colleges in Georgia. HBCUs comprise 3 percent of all nonprofit colleges and universities and enroll 10 percent of all African American college students, according to the White House. Trump said his administration took other actions during the last two and a half years to support HBCUs, including lifting the ban on Pell Grants for summer classes, fully forgiving disaster loans provided to black colleges devastated by Hurricane Katrina, providing capital finance loan deferment to 13 HBCUs, and increasing Howard University’s annual grant by $15 million. At the event, Trump announced that faith-based HBCUs would start to see equal access to federal support. Back to the White House In 1981, President Ronald Reagan created the White House initiative on HBCUs, to strengthen the nation’s historically black colleges through a government-wide effort. The initiative was moved from the White House to the Department of Education under the presidency of George W. Bush in 2002. Trump moved the initiative back to the White House. During his remarks, Trump also criticized the previous governments, saying that his administration is working hard to fix “decades of mistakes made by politicians in both parties.” “Past leaders spent trillions of dollars in the Middle East, but they let our citizens suffer, our middle class languish, and our neighborhoods fall into total disrepair,” he said. “And they didn’t take care of our colleges. I mean, our colleges at different levels. They didn’t take care of a lot of things.” Trump touted his policies including criminal justice reform, First Step Act, and Opportunity Zones, a federal program to spur investment in underserved communities. Speaking at the event, Scott Turner, executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, said the main objective of the opportunity zones is “the eradication of poverty in our nation.” According to estimates, more than 1,800 people attended this year’s conference, held between Sept. 8 and Sept 10 in Washington. https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-weve-done-a-lot-for-black-colleges_3076562.html
Breaking: manufacturing facility in NE PDX is now laying people off because of this. Source: me. No I did not get laid off but I happen to see people getting laid off with my own eyes. People I know. Completely immune to fake news. I see it.
This was a casual, interesting read. The jury is still out, though, for me as to whether Trump will be a slam-dunk winner.... https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorent...at-it-means-for-global-security/#37d2186741cb
Trump is a goner. In fact he's gonna lose by such a wide margin as the world has never seen before. The biggiest of biggies. You're gonna get tired of seeing margins like that. Please, no more wide margin victories, I can't take any more good news. In fact, it's gonna be the biggest wide margin in our country's history. Now, where's my Big Mac, coke and comic books. I could use a little porno film star relaxation right after my tanning session.
I had always wondered why you were a little off-center. Now I know! It's those blasted tanning lights!
When I was 13, I was into tanning in a big way. Did most of it on the beaches of Sauvie's island. The sun felt really good, until I burned, that is. When I got to 14 that fad went away and I was never into tanning again.
All people have to do is have a chronological history of his tweets to help decide if he is sane. It's lucky for us that he posted social media as our President since it opened a side of him that is actually believable. I could NEVER vote for him. In NJ, we have seen his self admiring bullshit since he had "TRUMP" erected on a building. The apprentice show was really him and people never cared about it when they voted. They voted blind or against the political landscape featuring another bull shitter from the opposite gender. We have a good chance with Warren. Biden and Sanders are not for me.
sounds like Purdue Pharma are using the ploy right out of the trump playbook. Screw over the customer and refuse to pay.
They need a good candidate. If Bernie, Warren, Castrol, Harris, Booker get the nomination, this independent will vote Libertarian. Just like I did last time along with many others. Time for a legit 3rd party to rise up If any of the others get the nomination, there is a good chance they have my vote.