Many HBCUs have always had to do more with less, experts say. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting funding and resource inequities, and forcing some of these schools to make tough decisions to continue educating students.
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted those funding and resource inequities, experts say, and forced some of these schools to make tough decisions to continue to educate their unique population.
Harry Williams, president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which works closely with nearly 50 public HBCUs, said despite the historic funding woes, the pandemic “played a major role in basically magnifying the inequities” but also showed very clearly how HBCUs “can adjust and adapt.” Despite making the school’s financial position whole in recent years, the pandemic has scrapped plans for any on-campus learning, and in the fall, Paul Quinn College is moving to an online-only environment.
“Funding doesn't have a damn thing to do with your compassion and your concern, or your moral compass,” he said. “And my staff believes, and our institution believes, that people didn't send you their kids to treat them as an accessory to your bottom line, right?”
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