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USDA halts scholarship program for historically Black colleges, sparking concern

USDA halts scholarship program for historically Black colleges, sparking concern

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its 1890 Scholars Program, a scholarship initiative supporting students from rural and underserved backgrounds at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program’s website. Designed to boost agricultural studies at the nation’s 19 historically Black land-grant universities, the program previously covered full tuition, room, and board…

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