📢USDA suspends vital scholarship program for 19 HBCUs, which in 2024 provided $19.2M to 94 students from rural and underserved communities. The program covered full tuition, room, and board. www.yahoo.com/news/usda-su... #HBCU #Agriculture #HigherEducation - ThreadSky

kemeticmind.bsky.social • 120 days ago

📢USDA suspends vital scholarship program for 19 HBCUs, which in 2024 provided $19.2M to 94 students from rural and underserved communities. The program covered full tuition, room, and board.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/usda-suspends-scholarship-program-historically-215301173.html

#HBCU #Agriculture #HigherEducation

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krizzypower.bsky.social•120 days ago

And some said that 4547 was the best thing to happen to HBCUs since slice bread

mulattress.bsky.social•120 days ago

unapologeticval.bsky.social•120 days ago

Huge loss!

indatrees.bsky.social•120 days ago

$204,255 per pupil seems a little, I don't know, nuts?

Who gets a $200k scholarship? Are they rooming those kids at an all inclusive beach resort?

brocklee.me•120 days ago

Tuition + fees+ room & board are insane.

But that’s about how much it costs.

My university was roughly $200k 20 years ago and it’s double that, today. I wouldn’t have attended without a scholarship.

mylilrayolight.bsky.social•120 days ago

A d2/d3 school will cost 50-70k a year and a d1 schools start around 85-90k a year. So yeah 200k for a scholarship that covers all 4 years sounds about right.

cherylprice.bsky.social•120 days ago

When did you go to college and where? Shit is expensive - even state schools are close to this with room, board, books and fees.

thisiscooler.bsky.social•120 days ago

That's cheap for 4 year ride at a school these days. Many of the top public and private universities are about $320K - $350K when you include housing, food, books, and fees.

indatrees.bsky.social•120 days ago

The bullet points state this amount was for 2024, not a four year ride.

thisiscooler.bsky.social•120 days ago

No, the bullet point states that's the amount awarded to 94 students in 2024. That is the full value of their scholarships. One of our students was just awarded a $300K+ scholarship. It covers 4 years. The standard for scholarship awards in that amount is understood to be 4 years.

indatrees.bsky.social•120 days ago

Well, I will concede that it is possible that someone with very poor writing skills wrote the bullet points, and that even though they nowhere state that the scholarships are for 4 years, they may, possibly, be for 4 years.

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