A new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be the first of its kind in Maryland and second among the nation’s public historically Black colleges and universities. The school, slated to accept students in fall 2026, received approval on Jan. 16 by the Maryland Higher Education Commission while approval […]
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Sixteen states identified where land-grant HBCUs are underfunded
In a letter sent to 16 governors, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack emphasized the over $12 billion disparity in funding between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non-HBCU land-grant peers in their states. “Unacceptable funding inequities have forced many of our nation’s distinguished Historically […]