U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the appointment of Charles Greene as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
From 1999 to 2002, he was president and chief executive officer of the Partnership for the Advancement of Self-Sufficiency Inc., a workforce development agency in Philadelphia, Pa.
The president's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities advises President Bush and Secretary Spellings on strengthening these institutions.
The board also: issues an annual report to the president on HBCU participation in federal programs; advises the secretary on increasing the federal role in strengthening HBCUs; and reports to the president on how to increase private sector support for HBCUs, which enroll 14 percent of all African American students in higher education.
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