Yes, this really is Kellyanne Conway with her shoes off, knees spread and checking her phone at a meeting of the presidents and administrators of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. An Education Department spokesman insisted that DeVos “certainly understands and respects” HBCUs and their history. She was dismissive of the idea that Omarosa Manigault, director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison and an alumna of historically black universities, would be a powerful ally for the schools. DeVos added that HBCUs show that “more options” for students mean “greater access and greater equality”. HBCUs were, for many black students at the time, their sole path to higher education.
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In a letter dated February 27, the 60 civil right groups who belong to The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights implored DeVos to hire someone who is experienced in promoting equal education opportunities for all Americans.
With constant f*ck-ups like this, it’s a good thing Black History Month is coming to an end. “Prior to the time of their establishment, and for many years afterwards, blacks were generally denied admission to traditionally white institutions”.
The Dallas native found herself at Langston – Oklahoma’s only historically black university – that felt more like home than a college campus. In case you forgot, a large majority of these schools were created after the Civil War and provided academic opportunities to black students as the Jim Crowe era shut them out of institutions which were exclusively for whites.
A voucher program does not constitute school choice. This sort of statement represents so much of what we’ve heard from DeVos on a range of subjects.
HBCUs are in Washington, urging the administration for more funding. “We want to support students with a range of disabilities as they pursue their dreams as an adult”, said Somers.
Numerous students at Howard expressed concern about the education secretary’s visit, according to the Hilltop, Howard’s student newspaper. Black university leaders also are expected to meet with Republican lawmakers at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28, where DeVos will deliver the keynote address.
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“I attended both (public and private) schools and each of them have their own respective pros and cons”, Litschgi said. DeVos lauds the initiative of HBCUs instead of acknowledging that the federal government should not have allowed states to uphold school segregation in the first place.
