https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/472662-booker-unveils-100-billion-plan-to-invest-in-historically-black-colleges
dec 3 2019 Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday unveiled a $100 billion plan to invest in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions, marking the largest amount a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has pledged toward the funding effort.
His proposal calls for more collaboration between HBCUs and federal agencies and would commit an additional $30 billion for Education Department grants.
Booker's plan wold involve the schools in combating climate change by requiring that 10 percent of proposed "Climate Moonshot Hubs," which in total cost $400 billion, be located on HBCU campuses.
His proposal also would commit another $30 billion to upgrading infrastructure on campuses.
