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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to provide historically black colleges and universities a long-awaited boost as he looks to outdo his predecessors –– including the nation’s first African-American president — on the issue.
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Trump will sign an executive order as soon as Monday, when the schools’ presidents arrive in Washington for a visit. It’s expected to significantly strengthen the office that pushes the federal government to do business with the colleges by moving it to the White House and providing it specific goals, according to those who are helping to write the order.
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“It would be truly, truly historic,” said Leonard Haynes, a longtime educator who ran the office and is helping to write the executive order. “It’s part of a long time dream … none of (the other presidents) had the courage to do it.”
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