Historically Black colleges and universities, which usually operate with fewer resources than most other higher education institutions, experienced disproportionate effects from the pandemic.
To address the inequity, Congress tossed the schools a nearly $3 billion lifeline under the American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 relief package.
A newly released fact sheet from the Department of Education showed what a difference that extra money made, laying out a state-by-state breakdown of the funds provided through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund over the past year. Under the ARP, half the funds must be used to provide direct financial relief to students, though the Department of Education expect school administrators will use more than half to help students financially.
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