The Washington Informer Highlighted Joint Center’s HEERF Report

The Washington Informer highlighted the Joint Center’s report, “Equity and Emergency: COVID-19 Relief Funding at Historically and Predominantly Black Community Colleges in the South,” which examines the $2.7 billion in Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) allocations to predominantly Black community colleges in the South.

From the article: “Historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) and predominantly Black community colleges (PBCCs), including those in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, such as Prince George’s Community College, have received significant support through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report, “Equity and Emergency: COVID-19 Relief Funding at Historically and Predominantly Black Community Colleges in the South,” reveals that approximately $2.7 billion was distributed among 39 colleges across 10 Southern states as part of an $80 billion effort by Congress to bolster higher education amid the pandemic.”

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