"As president, Biden will take steps to rectify the funding disparities faced by HBCUs, TCUs [Tribal Colleges and Universities], and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) so that the United States can benefit from their unique strengths. Students at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs will benefit from Biden’s proposals to double Pell grants, slash the income-based repayment of loans to 5% of income, and provide free tuition for students at all community colleges, including those that are MSIs. In addition, Biden will invest over $70 billion in these colleges and universities to:
 

• Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students...
• Invest in the diverse talent at HBCUs, TCUs and MSIs to solve the country’s most pressing problems...
• Build the high tech labs and facilities and digital infrastructure needed for learning, research, and innovation at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs...
• Provide support to continuously improve the value of HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs by investing $10 billion in programs that increase enrollment, retention, completion, and employment rates...
• Expand career pathways for graduates of HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs in areas that meet national priorities, including building a diverse pipeline of public school teachers...
• Triple and make permanent the capacity-building and student support for HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs in Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Act... -Reduce disparities in funding for HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs."

Source: Joe Biden, "The Biden Plan for Education beyond High School," joebiden.com (accessed Nov. 25, 2019)

"We will enact federal policies and programs to ensure that every person has equal access to high-quality, lifelong, tuition-free public education, from pre-K through university, technical, and continuing adult education. Each of us should be able to go to school as far as our interests and abilities take us.

We will... [f]ully fund historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), minority-serving institutions (MSIs), and tribal colleges and universities."

Source: Howie Hawkins, "The Economic Bill of Rights," howiehawkins.us (accessed June 24, 2020)

"For more than 180 years, HBCUs have strengthened our country and called America to greatness. Your institutions have been pillars of excellence in higher education and the engines of advancement for African American citizens. They’ve been incredible, the job they’ve done.

I signed legislation to increase federal funding for HBCUs by a record 13 percent. That was the highest ever done...

In total, over the last two and a half years, through the Capital Financing Program, we have provided more than $500 million in loans to HBCUs."

Source: Donald Trump, "Remarks by President Trump at the 2019 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference," whitehouse.gov, Nov. 22, 2019