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Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCUs

For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played an essential role in pushing the nation to address inequalities and strive for a more democratic society, yet these institutions continue to suffer inequitable public funding. What can the Biden administration and Congress do to ensure these institutions’ financial stability and academic vitality?

BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 17: People wave Lebanese flags and chant to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests on October 17, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. On the one year anniversary since the unprecedented mass protests of Lebanese demanding political change as the country buckled under social and economic devastation, Beirut remains in rubble after the August 4 port blast. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images)

Report Century International

Lebanon Is in Free Fall. Opposition Groups Have Radically Different Ideas about How to Save It.

Commentary Off Kilter Podcast

Off Kilter Podcast: The ongoing fight for disability economic justice, over thirty years after the ADA

Commentary Health Care

Advancing Maternal Health Equity in the Next Reconciliation Package

Data Economy & Jobs

Unemployment Insurance Data Dashboard

Commentary For-Profit Education

Predatory Colleges Think They Are Too Flawed to Fail. Biden’s Department of Education Should Prove Them Wrong.

About TCF Health Care

TCF Health Care Experts React to Texas’ Restrictive Anti-Abortion Law, SB8

Next100

Next100, a startup think tank launched by The Century Foundation in 2019 for a new generation of progressive policy leaders, is continuing with a second, two-year cycle, opening up applications for a new cohort of diverse “Policy Entrepreneurs.” Next100 was built with a simple yet bold mission: policy by those with the most at stake, for those with the most at stake.

Syrians Are Going Hungry. Will the West Act?

Early Education

We Must Seize the Opportunity for Integration in Universal Pre-K

For-Profit Education

Outsourcing Online Higher Ed: A Guide for Accreditors

Report Democracy

The Century Foundation’s Top Policy Priorities for 2021

Commentary Economics

What do Trade and Manufacturing Have to Do with Racial Justice?

Commentary Education

What Colleges and School Districts Should Learn from the Census

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 27: Cal State Los Angeles graduates sit at their commencement ceremony which was held outdoors beneath a tent on campus on July 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Commencement ceremonies for graduates from the classes of 2021 and 2020 are being held outdoors over seven days following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Commentary Higher Education

The Campaign to Double the Pell Grant Is Well-Intentioned, but Must Lead to Improved Affordability and Diversity

Report Higher Education

Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCUs

BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 17: People wave Lebanese flags and chant to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests on October 17, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. On the one year anniversary since the unprecedented mass protests of Lebanese demanding political change as the country buckled under social and economic devastation, Beirut remains in rubble after the August 4 port blast. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images)

Report Century International

Lebanon Is in Free Fall. Opposition Groups Have Radically Different Ideas about How to Save It.

About TCF Off Kilter Podcast

Acclaimed Poverty and Inequality Podcast, Off-Kilter, Hosted by Rebecca Vallas, Comes to TCF

Richard D. Kahlenberg

Director of K–12 Equity and Senior Fellow

Emma Vadehra

Executive Director for Policy, Next100

Aron Lund

Fellow

Dahlia Scheindlin

Fellow

September 21, 2021
From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Advancing Maternal Health Equity during the Biden Administration

The United States faces a maternal health crisis, with unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. The poorest health outcomes are among Black women and birthing people, and are driving these dreadful statistics. Under the Biden–Harris administration and 117th Congress, this issue has been made a priority. Policy efforts are being made to advance...