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More than 100 Black colleges, universities are fighting proposed federal spending cuts
By The Washington Informer
Updated Dec 7, 2011 - 9:41:44 AM

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - A coalition of more than 100 colleges and universities were fighting to persuade Congress and a special supercommittee not to cut $85 million or more in federal funding. The coalition consists of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the United Negro College Fund.
These organizations, which collectively represent the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 50 Predominantly Black Institutions, are opposing proposals that would cut federal funds to HBCUs by $85 million or more and would zero out support for Predominantly Black Institutions. Coalition representatives said the proposed funding cuts would come on top of $30 million in cuts already made in HBCU funding.
“The colleges that would have to absorb these cuts serve students who employers are counting on as the next generation of engineers, scientists, teachers, doctors and nurses,” said Michael L. Lomax, UNCF president and CEO. “Their education is being threatened at the worst possible time—in the midst of an economic downturn that is already making it hard for them to stay in school and graduate.”
Colleges were facing a double-barreled threat. Funding cuts could have been contained in the supercommittee recommendations, which failed to happen, but can still be made through the normal appropriations process for the current fiscal year. The three organizations support funding levels contained in an appropriations bill passed by a Senate Appropriations Committee for the Departments of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education. They oppose the sharply-lower levels proposed by House appropriators.
“Cutting federal support for HBCUs would shoot an already-weak economy in the foot,” said Thurgood Marshall College Fund president and CEO, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. “In addition to the students they educate, they impact more than 180,000 jobs, including professors, counselors, staff members and others. Local businesses and national companies depend on the money that the colleges, their employees, and students spend. Their total economic impact is estimated at over $13 billion.”
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and UNCF have been leading a tough fight to gain support of members of Congress and ensure they understand the consequences additional budget cuts will have for HBCUs and other Minority Serving Institutions. In April of 2011, this coalition marched on Capitol Hill and urged support for protecting maximum funding for Pell Grants, continuing funding for Title III, Part B (undergraduate and graduate programs) and Title III Part A, and continuing funding for the HBCU Capital Financing Program.
In October of this year, HBCU presidents visited the District of Columbia to advocate for HBCUs, and Minority Serving Institutions, and urged protection of HBCU and Predominantly Black Institution funding through Fiscal Year 2012 and the supercommittee deliberations.
In October, more than 10,000 HBCU students wrote letters thanking the Obama administration for its support for full funding for HBCUs and telling their stories of how federal funding for HBCUs is enriching their educational experience.
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