Cedric Grice, Author at HBCU Community Development Corporation

82 Percent of HBCUs Are Broadband Deserts — Here’s How Billionaire Robert F. Smith Has Formed A Partnership To Change That

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financial resource

First Call-to-Action Robert F. Smith made headlines back in the spring of 2019 while delivering a commencement speech at Morehouse College. During the speech, Smith announced he paid the student debt obligations for the group of approximately 400 graduating students. Smith, a billionaire tech investor

Historically Black Fisk University Is on The Rise Once Again

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Black Economic Mobility

Fisk University is one of several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) making gains in enrollment. The Covid-19 pandemic led to enrollment decreases and financial difficulties for HBCUs. These gains in enrollment are due to an appreciation of the contributions HBCUs made to black culture.

For These Families, H.B.C.U.s Aren’t Just an Option. They’re a Tradition

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Black Americans

The HBCU designation was created by the US Higher Education Act of 1965 and included institutions established before 1964, with the “principal mission” being the education of Black Americans. The 105 currently operating HBCUs were founded with a common purpose: to educate a population that

Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’

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and Universities

Once the primary means for Black Americans to get a college education, Historically Black Colleges, and Universities (HBCUs), now account for just 9 percent of such students, while 91 percent are enrolled in predominantly white institutions (PWIs). But HBCUs, long bastions of Black excellence, are

National Park Service awards $9.7 million to preserve Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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American history and culture

The National Park Service (NPS) announced, on July 8, 2022, $9.7 million in grants to assist 21 preservation projects in 9 states for historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since the 1990s, the NPS has awarded more than $87 million in grants

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Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program

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affordable housing

The Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) program, with the stated goal of providing affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development to economically underserved communities, was established through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The law was a response to a funding moratorium placed on the

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The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund)

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CDFI Fund

The United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint, and together, these two agencies are responsible for printing

THE LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC)

2 years ago in

community development

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) started in 1979 with funding from the Ford Foundation to connect hard-to-tap public and private resources with underinvested places and people working to access opportunities afforded to people living outside of these communities. The premise is still as it

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc Celebrating 40 Years In The Business

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America’s communities

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) is a nonprofit corporation celebrating 40 years in the business of addressing the housing needs of residents of America’s communities that are inadequately met by the nation’s private sector housing market. The average income earned by the residents of these

Deion Sanders, JSU and the HBCU new world order

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black college

One of the biggest media news items involving Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in recent years was the appointment of Deion Sanders as the head football coach at Jackson State University (JSU). The main reason behind the news coverage is the notoriety of Sanders,

Author: Cedric Grice