Conference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a Challenge

Conference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a Challenge: Although President Obama is an “ardent supporter of HBCUs,” the federal government continues to shortchange HBCUs when it comes to grant funding.

That was one of the key points made Monday by Dr. William Harvey, chairman of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, at a national conference for historically and predominantly Black campuses.

“President Obama understands and appreciates our value to this nation and to the world,” said Harvey, longstanding president of Hampton University, during a press briefing at the National Press Club titled “The State of America’s Black Colleges: Colleges and Universities that are Built to Last.’”

The event was part of NAFEO’s 38th National Dialogue on Blacks in Higher Education HBCUs & PBIs, a three-day event held under the theme, “Tooting Our Horn a Little Louder!”