USDA cuts Land-grant HBCU scholarship program

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USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website shows​

February 20, 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seen in Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program website.
The 1890 scholars program aims to increase the number of agriculture students at the country's 19 historically Black land-grant universities, which are federally funded and tend to have significant agricultural programs.

The website for the program now has a banner saying it is "suspended pending further review."
The USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. The administration of President Donald Trump has issued sweeping executive orders rescinding federal diversity and inclusion efforts.
The program provides full tuition, room and board to participants, and the agency spent $19.2 million on scholarships for 94 students in 2024, according to the USDA website.

"This is a clear attack on an invaluable program that makes higher education accessible for everybody," said Representative Alma Adams of North Carolina, who founded and co-chairs a congressional HBCU caucus, in a statement.
"This program is a correction to a long history of racial discrimination within the land-grant system, not an example of it."
It was not immediately clear when the program was suspended. The website banner noting the program's suspension has been on the program site since at least February 16, according to a Reuters review of archived versions of the pages


Full statement from Rep. Adams

REP. ADAMS RESPONDS TO SUSPENSION OF CRITICAL 1890 SCHOLARS PROGRAM

harlotte, N.C. ‒ Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, PhD, Senior Member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Founding Chairwoman of the Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus, released the following statement regarding the Trump-Vance Administration's suspension of...

adams.house.gov

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@DrBanneker @Rollie Forbes @MostReal @staticshock

 

[Mordith]

More tangibles

 

[Silver Surfer]

 

[AceMan]

I can say from personal experience this scholarship helped ALOT of brehs/brehettes that attended HBCUs in the government.

Basically a free ride in college and the 4 years you work in the government, you move up to a GS-12 by the end (currently $99,200 salary in the DMV area)



They've been trying to get rid of it for a min too...very sad

 

[Jean toomer]

It’s OK, we are getting a Kobe statue.

 

[Estarossa]

Y’all dem shills need to stop flooding TLR with political topics…

 

[BaggerofTea]

But then you have this dude @Bunchy Carter clapping like a seal over some trinkets

 

[Dad]

The 19 Affected HBCUs:
1. Alabama A&M University (AL)
2. Alcorn State University (MS)
3. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (AR)
4. Delaware State University (DE)
5. Florida A&M University (FL)
6. Fort Valley State University (GA)
7. Kentucky State University (KY)
8. Southern University and A&M College (LA)
9. University of Maryland Eastern Shore (MD)
10. Lincoln University (MO)
11. North Carolina A&T State University (NC)
12. Langston University (OK)
13. South Carolina State University (SC)
14. Tennessee State University (TN)
15. Prairie View A&M University (TX)
16. Tuskegee University (AL) (private, but receives 1890 land-grant funding)
17. Virginia State University (VA)
18. West Virginia State University (WV)
19. Central State University (OH) (designated as an 1890 Land-Grant University in 2014)

 

[At30wecashout]

And we should be throwing our backs out trying to get reparations Country is literally ran by Nazis.

 

[Gloxina]

It’s OK, we are getting a Kobe statue.

 

[Blackgate]

Where is the money going if it isnt going to things like this? Will the money that was supposed to be used for these scholarships just end up in the accounts of rich white people?

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

No worries. I feel self-assured that an organization like the Congressional Black Caucus will look into this.

 

[Json]

Where is the money going if it isnt going to things like this? Will the money that was supposed to be used for scholarships just end up in the accounts of rich white people?

Getting to Mars ain’t free

 

[BaggerofTea]

No worries. I feel self-assured that an organization like the Congressional Black Caucus will look into this.

why deflect?

 

[staticshock]

The tangibles @HarlemHottie wanted