St. Augustine’s University, a historically Black university in North Carolina, has become the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to show interest in joining President Donald Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, following the rejection by Ivy League and other prominent state universities.
Verjanis Peoples, the interim president of St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, sent a letter to David Barker, the Trump administration’s assistant, …