“She’s looking for innovative ways to create opportunity for those that don’t have it," said Marybeth Gasman, who runs Rutgers’ Center for Minority Serving Institutions and follows Scott’s donations.
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For HBCUs, the moment is reminiscent of the era decades ago when Black colleges were compelled to argue that school segregation was wrong but also needed to maintain government support for their institutions, said Marybeth Gasman, a Rutgers University professor who has studied the history of HBCUs.
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