Federal grant, training and recruiting spending directed at historically Black colleges and universities jumped by 21 percent in a two-year, period, according to government figures in a soon-to-be released report.
Led by sharp increases in research spending by the Central Intelligence Agency, in training grants by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Commerce and in teaching endowments by the Department of Energy, federal agencies spent $1.24 billion in fiscal 1995, compared to $1.03 billion in fiscal 1992.
The figures were compiled for a report to be issued to President Clinton in September by officials of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The numbers are a measure of the response of federal agencies to what has become a traditional presidential directive to increase federal support of HBCUs.
