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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$250 Million.  Wow?

Youu could literally the HBCUs afloat with that kind of money.[/quote]

Actually no.  That $250M was spent over 8 years.  And earlier in the thread there are comparisons to the U of M overall budget.

Howard alone receives about $200M per year from the federal government as an appropriated support amount.  That's a good chunk of its budget but not a majority.

https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/howard-works-meet-operating-expenses-face-unprecedented-inflation#:~:text=As%20a%20federally%20chartered%20HBCU,appropriation%20in%20fiscal%20year%202022.

It seems like the money might be enough to run only Morehouse for two years.

There are more than 100 HBCUs with estimated 228K students.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/compliance-assistance/outreach/hbcu-initiative/about#:~:text=Historically%20Black%20Colleges%20and%20Universities,-HBCUs%20were%20founded&text=Specifically%2C%20HBCUs%20were%20created%20with,more%20than%20228%2C000%20students%20enrolled.

Big numbers are pretty mind-blowing, I get that.  But the math's not mathing on the PP's statement.  
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Sure. PPs math is an exaggeration but the sentiment that it would have been better spent as a donation to HCBUs isn’t so easily dismissed. 
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Wild exaggerations are not o.k. no matter what the current political times are.[/quote]

Remember you said this when people start flipping out with wild exaggerations about trump.

[quote]There is no feasible way or logical reason for U of M's budget money (including scholarship money for in-state students) to be spent on HBCUs.

Throwaway "it would be better if" statements are not useful discourse unless grounded in reality.[/quote]

Michigan has zero HBCUs.  Maybe turn this school into a HBCU state school wwith that money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensole_Lewis_College_of_Business_and_Design

[quote]I might think it better if I had control over your household income and could direct it to the institutions I choose.  But that doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

Also, DEI is not a code word for exclusively African American oriented initiatives.  Some may think that, but universities have many constituencies depending on their local communities.  If you go back to the original article, the student leaders interviewed seem to be making the case that the University is not doing enough for their taste/not succeeding.  So I wonder if they would advocate for less money to be spent or more.[/quote]

DEI is a code word for really stupid ways to waste money.  The pendulum is swinging back and we will hopefully see educational institutions focusing on education.  There is a role for DEI in higher education but it shouldn't be driving the bus like it is.[/quote]

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