Diverse Education News February 19, 2020 HBCUs Are Working to Help Students Reduce the Need to Borrow Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are trying to spare graduates from crushing student loan debt, reported The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/hbcus-are-trying-to-spare-graduates-from-crushing-student-loan-debt-its-not-easy/2020/02/18/23a9dcd4-3c68-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html>. But the task isn't easy for under-resourced institutions. "A lot of times people are just trying to figure out how do we keep functioning as an institution and help students get the resources that they need," Dillard University President Walter M. Kimbrough told the Post. One in four students at historically Black institutions borrows $40,000 or more to attend, according to the United Negro College Fund. Education Department data shows that HBCU students are more likely to struggle to pay down student loan debt and default on their loans than their peers at other higher education institutions. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. 2020 Summer Conservation/Preservation Internships - eight fully-funded, eight-week summer internships in library and archives preservation in 2020 at eight nationally recognized library preservation/conservation laboratories. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/2020-interns.html for more information. The application finishline is Saturday, February 22. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/