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Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges

by Larry FennPiper Hudspeth Blackburn
| July 15, 2021 12:03 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Two recent high-profile faculty appointments could be a fundraising and enrollment bonanza for Howard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious Black colleges. Many other Black schools are not so fortunate; in fact, many are struggling.

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