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Since Trump's Big Photo Op With Black College Leaders, Hes Delivered on Nothing, They Say
Since Trump’s Big Photo Op With Black College Leaders, He’s Delivered on Nothing, They Say
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/since-trumps-photo-op-with-black-college-leaders-hes-delivered-on-nothing-they-say/
In early February, in a high-profile meeting with black leaders in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump promised to make historically black colleges and universities an “absolute priority.” Leaders of HBCUs left that meeting, the culmination of weeks of frequent communication with the incoming Trump administration, feeling enthusiastic. But then Trump unveiled his budget proposal in May: HBCUs got none of the financial boost leaders anticipated. Moreover, Trump planned to cut key grant programs that help a majority of HBCU students. And now, Trump has yet to make good even on the promises contained in an executive order he signed in February, including moving an HCBU liaison into the White House and convening an advisory board for the schools.
Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.), a leader on the issue for the Congressional Black Caucus, offered a blunt assessment to Mother Jones of what the Trump administration has done to date for HBCUs: “Nothing.”
Beyond Trump’s unfulfilled promise to relocate the HBCU office from the Department of Education into the White House, his administration hasn’t even announced a pick to lead the office. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the White House has had difficulty finding someone willing to take the job. The advisory board, which would guide Trump on issues important to the HBCU community, has yet to convene, says Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund. “And we’ve had no real consistent communication with the White House or the Department of Education since the meeting in February,” he adds. (The White House declined to respond to questions from Mother Jones.)
Frustration with the Trump administration among black college leaders came to a head in August as multiple advocacy groups and Congressional Black Caucus members called on the administration to postpone an annual HBCU conference scheduled for mid-September. They cited Trump’s inaction, as well as their outrage over Trump’s equivocating response to the violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/since-trumps-photo-op-with-black-college-leaders-hes-delivered-on-nothing-they-say/
In early February, in a high-profile meeting with black leaders in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump promised to make historically black colleges and universities an “absolute priority.” Leaders of HBCUs left that meeting, the culmination of weeks of frequent communication with the incoming Trump administration, feeling enthusiastic. But then Trump unveiled his budget proposal in May: HBCUs got none of the financial boost leaders anticipated. Moreover, Trump planned to cut key grant programs that help a majority of HBCU students. And now, Trump has yet to make good even on the promises contained in an executive order he signed in February, including moving an HCBU liaison into the White House and convening an advisory board for the schools.
Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.), a leader on the issue for the Congressional Black Caucus, offered a blunt assessment to Mother Jones of what the Trump administration has done to date for HBCUs: “Nothing.”
Beyond Trump’s unfulfilled promise to relocate the HBCU office from the Department of Education into the White House, his administration hasn’t even announced a pick to lead the office. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the White House has had difficulty finding someone willing to take the job. The advisory board, which would guide Trump on issues important to the HBCU community, has yet to convene, says Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund. “And we’ve had no real consistent communication with the White House or the Department of Education since the meeting in February,” he adds. (The White House declined to respond to questions from Mother Jones.)
Frustration with the Trump administration among black college leaders came to a head in August as multiple advocacy groups and Congressional Black Caucus members called on the administration to postpone an annual HBCU conference scheduled for mid-September. They cited Trump’s inaction, as well as their outrage over Trump’s equivocating response to the violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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