07/28/2020
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"We are certainly not all born into the same environment but that difference of initial circumstance should not mean that we shouldn't all have an equal opportunity to succeed."
"We need to be striving, on both sides of the aisle, for new ideas that will increase opportunities for all American students, regardless of circumstance, and support their efforts to succeed and prosp..."
"HBCUs make up less than 3 percent of colleges and universities yet produce almost 20 percent of all Black graduates."
"This is particularly true for low-income students and students of color whose educational and work force opportunities have historically been limited by intergenerational poverty and systemic racism."