Bernie Sanders Unveils 'College for All' Plan To Support HBCUs

[Uncle Joe]

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Some highlights from the plan include the expansion of Pell Grants by enabling students from low-income families to use aid to cover room and board, books, and living expenses, and the removal of barriers for college students to access nutrition assistance benefits, according to his website.

At the event, he also unveiled a $5 billion plan to train more teachers at HBCUs, and a separate $5 billion program aimed at preparing more Black dentists and other healthcare professionals, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“We have to make sure that in African American communities there are the doctors, the nurses, the psychologists are there to provide the care that the people in those communities need,” he said at the event, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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The website also highlights how through the plan he’ll provide $1.3 billion to private, nonprofit HBCUs and MSIs per year to eliminate or significantly reduce tuition and fees. This funding would support some 200 schools which serve at least 35 percent low-income students.

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https://www.bet.com/news/national/2019/11/28/bernie-sanders-unveils-college-for-all-plan-to-support-hbcus.html

[beastie boy]

1. Uncle Joe, you posted this less than two hours ago!

And you recommended your own post. Twice.

C'mon, Uncle, if you are so eager for a little kick to your posts, just email me, and I will throw in a rec!

[AncientGeezer]

2. You caught that too.....hmm

[redstateblues]

26. Imagine that!

[Uncle Joe]

27. It wasn't like my OPs were hidden from view or anything, so what's "caught?"

[Uncle Joe]

4. Different source, more information and please rec my post beastie boy.

[beastie boy]

6. A rec coming up! But do me a favor though...

Just update your old post with the new source the next time. Or I will be forced to spam this forum with multiple copies of the same Biden stories!

[Uncle Joe]

9. Coming up and have a happy Thanksgiving.

[beastie boy]

13. Enjoy!

[ehrnst]

28. .....

Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[Uncle Joe]

29. Thanks for the kick ehrnst!

[ehrnst]

30. You're welcome.

It's good when one grasps onto the little victories when one can.

It'll help make the massive disappointments down the road a bit easier to cope with.

[Uncle Joe]

32. "Success is rarely the result of swell swoop"

Thanks again for your support.

[ehrnst]

34. What about when success is defined by the number of people who actually

turn out to vote for a candidate?

What then? Counting the number of replies one's OP got, no matter if they poked holes in the basis of the OP is a kind of validation, I suppose.



For that, you're very welcome. Glad I could be a comfort.

[Uncle Joe]

35. Except no holes were poked

and no one has turned out to vote yet, I believe that doesn't take place until February 3rd 2020.

Furthermore the small victories can be counted as the over one million individual donors (more than any other candidate) that have contributed to Bernie's campaign.

I also take your wish to "be of comfort" as a micro victory, now I can sleep easier at night.

[ehrnst]

37. Keep on keepin on...

Ralph Nader followers survived the disappointment, and you will as well.

Breathe in, breathe out.

[NurseJackie]

38. Exactly.

[George II]

7. How can a plan to help only HBCUs and MSIs be considered...

... college for ALL?

[NurseJackie]

12. What "free gift" will people get who have already paid their loans?

Will there be any free gifts for those who couldn't afford to go to college at all... even with loans? Is it fair?

And how will it be paid for? How will it get through Congress? This is more than just "Executive Order" stuff.

[Uncle Joe]

14. If you had read the article, you would know this is over and above

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free tuition for all colleges, trade schools, etc. etc.

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According to his website, if elected commander-in-chief, Sanders, 78, will pass the College for All Act to provide at least $48 billion per year to eliminate tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities, tribal colleges, community colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs.

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https://www.essence.com/education/bernie-sanders/

[George II]

3. Michael Bloomberg has given Johns Hopkins University $1.8 billion, and it was his own money.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Johns Hopkins University is not an HBCU and to my knowledge

was/is not hurting.

Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named for its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins.[4] His $7 million bequest (approximately $144.5 million in today's dollars)—of which half financed the establishment of Johns Hopkins Hospital—was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States up to that time.[5] Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February 22, 1876,[6] led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research.[7] Adopting the concept of a graduate school from Germany's ancient Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University is considered the first research university in the United States.[8] Over the course of several decades, the university has led all U.S. universities in annual research and development expenditures. In fiscal year 2016, Johns Hopkins spent nearly $2.5 billion on research.[9]

Johns Hopkins is organized into 10 divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C., with international centers in Italy and China.[10] The two undergraduate divisions, the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, are located on the Homewood campus in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood.[11] The medical school, the nursing school, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health are located on the Medical Institutions campus in East Baltimore.[12] The university also consists of the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the School of Education, the Carey Business School, and various other facilities.[13]

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JHU's undergraduate education is ranked 10th among U.S. "national universities" by U.S. News & World Report for 2019.[84] For medical research U.S. News & World Report ranks the School of Medicine in 2017 tied for 3rd in the U.S.[85] and the Bloomberg School of Public Health 1st.[85] The School of Nursing was ranked 1st nationally for master's degrees.[85] The QS Top Universities ranked Johns Hopkins University No. 5 in the world for medicine.[86] As of 2008, Hopkins ranked No. 1 nationally in receipt of federal research funds,[87] and was the top recipient of NIH research grants in 2019, both in terms of dollar amount and number of grants.[88] In 2016, the Johns Hopkins Hospital was ranked the No. 4 hospital in the United States by the U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of American hospitals.[89]

The School of Education is ranked No. 2 nationally by U.S. News & World Report for 2017.[85] In 2015, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) ranked 2nd in the world in Foreign Policy's Top Master's Programs for Policy Career in International Relations ranking.[90]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University

Also Bloomberg's charitable gift is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed on a national scale and what "We the People's" government can do.

[George II]

11. His drop in the bucket is more than any other candidate, indeed all other candidates combined....

....have done.

How can a proposal to help HBCU's be called "College for All"? Have "historic black colleges and universities" changed in the last week or two?

Or is he just going to attach "for all" to anything he proposes, just like he blithely uses "new deal" for many of his proposals?

[Uncle Joe]

15. Still a drop in the bucket compared to what governmental policies can and will do

for the nation at large and also see post #14.

[Backseat Driver]

5. Too much the idealist, I'd sure like to see a

bloodless "revolution" (terrified it's already too late for that--with climate changes of extinction so close, anyway) and most of our candidates have wonderful ideas to improve what has come before, at least during my lifetime, (OK-boomer?) the abject corruption of those at the pinnacle of wealth and the power-wielding Republican party platforms that amount to WMDs against us, our country under rule of law, and the world - we have to believe that we can persist, resist, and unite to get to that turning point that can close the wealth gap that powers corruption and closes opportunities that aren't necessarily measured in money but in kindness, respect, and gratitude while remaining healthy, educated, and competitive. I've seen absolutely nothing of these virtues in Republican policies or this administration's "best people" except that which propel the haters, the abusers, the cheaters, and the too lazy to be bothered. We've seen how digital technology has made our lives easier, but has it made it any safer from manipulations by TPTB. For the future of our kids, grandkids, and all future generations of free people, chose wisely but choose Blue.

[Jewls2]

10. Pell Grants are more HRC and Obama's "free" college. I am glad he has backed away from free college

I do not want to pay rich kids college.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Bernie has not backed away, this is parallel, over and above

free tuition at colleges, trade schools etc etc.

Having the plan be universal increases its' chances of passage and long term survival.

[Jewls2]

18. No, he backed away from free college. It would end up benefiting the rich and upper middle

while the poor paid for it. He realized that way back when, and grabbed onto HRC plan.

[Uncle Joe]

20. To my knowledge Bernie has not backed away from tuition free college, trade schools etc. for

every American regardless of income if you have a link to the contrary please present it.

[Jewls2]

22. Why would he work on Pell grants if he stands with free college for everyone?

[Uncle Joe]

24. It's free tuition for everyone, from the article the Pell Grant expansion includes more

for low income families, room and board, books, nutrition assistance etc. etc.

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“The promise of education without the obstacle of tuition and fees will allow more students to attend the HBCU of their choice and increase HBCU enrollment across the country,” Sanders states on his website.

Some highlights from the plan include the expansion of Pell Grants by enabling students from low-income families to use aid to cover room and board, books, and living expenses, and the removal of barriers for college students to access nutrition assistance benefits, according to his website.

At the event, he also unveiled a $5 billion plan to train more teachers at HBCUs, and a separate $5 billion program aimed at preparing more Black dentists and other healthcare professionals, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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https://www.bet.com/news/national/2019/11/28/bernie-sanders-unveils-college-for-all-plan-to-support-hbcus.html

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. I don't want to pay for rich people to use roads but what are you gonna do...

[Jewls2]

19. Not the same thing. We can easily define who gets free college, and not so much with the roads.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. Sure we can. We can means test licenses. Not to mention police services and fire services.

Hello 911?

Please enter your means tested code.


Point is. We are trying to have a fucking society here. I don’t give a fuck if some kid of the 1% gets over. They are literally only 1%. They’re not called the 1% for nothing.

Not to mention, their parents will be paying for some poor kid’s college.

FFS!

[Jewls2]

23. Whatever. Some people just like to argue.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. While we are at it. Let's do away with public grade schools and high schools.

I don’t want poor people paying for rich kids to attend grade school or high school.

Oh wait, that doesn’t happen because they send their kids to elite boarding schools. Kinda like the elite colleges their kids attend.

[Uncle Joe]

33. + 2000.

[ehrnst]

31. +1000.

[ehrnst]

41. +1000. (nt)

[Joe941]

36. For every problem Bernie has the correct solution. Well done bernie!

[Uncle Joe]

40. I agree Joe.