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Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
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Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week, $55.1 million has been awarded to several institutions, including Mississippi Delta Community College, Delta State University and Mississippi Valley State University in the Delta from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund authorized in the CARES Act.
MVSU will receive $3.7 million for Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and $580,434 for Strengthening HBCU Master’s Program.
MDCC will receive $174,714 for Strengthening Predominantly Black Institutions, and Delta State will receive $124,900 for the Strengthening Institutions Program.