[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
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Executive Order 14283 of April 23, 2025
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and
Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) remain integral to American
students' pursuit of prosperity and wellbeing,
providing the pathway to a career and a better life.
This order will continue the work begun during my first
Administration to elevate the value and impact of our
Nation's HBCUs as beacons of educational excellence and
economic opportunity that serve as some of the best
cultivators of tomorrow's leaders in business,
government, academia, and the military.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration
to support HBCUs in: advancing America's full
potential; fostering more and better opportunities in
higher education; providing the highest-quality
education; obtaining equal opportunities for
participation in Federal programs; ensuring college-
educated Americans are empowered to advance the common
good at home and abroad; and making our Nation more
globally competitive.
Sec. 3. White House Initiative on HBCUs. (a) There is
hereby established the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Initiative), housed in the Executive Office of the
President and led by an Executive Director designated
by the President.
(b) The Initiative shall work with executive
departments and agencies (agencies), the President's
Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities established in section 4 of this order,
private-sector employers, educational associations,
philanthropic organizations, and other partners to
increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-
quality education to an increasing number of students.
The Initiative shall have two primary missions:
(i) increasing the private-sector role, including the role of private
foundations, in:
(A) strengthening HBCUs through enhanced institutional planning and
development, fiscal stability, and financial management;
(B) upgrading institutional infrastructure, including the use of
technology, to ensure the long-term viability of these institutions; and
(C) providing professional development opportunities for HBCU students to
help build America's workforce in technology, healthcare, manufacturing,
finance, and other high-growth industries; and
(ii) enhancing HBCUs' capabilities to serve our Nation's young adults by:
(A) supporting implementation of the HBCU PARTNERS Act (Public Law 116-
270), including facilitating the Federal agency plan process required by
section 4 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1063d);
(B) working to advance my Administration's key priorities related to
promoting innovation and excellence throughout HBCUs in consultation with
HBCU leaders, representatives, students, and alumni;
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(C) fostering private-sector initiatives and public-private and
philanthropic partnerships to promote centers of academic research and
program excellence at HBCUs;
(D) improving the availability and quality of information concerning
HBCUs in the public policy sphere;
(E) sharing administrative and programmatic best practices within the
HBCU community;
(F) addressing efforts to promote student success and retention at HBCUs,
including college affordability, degree attainment, campus modernization,
and infrastructure improvements;
(G) partnering with private entities and elementary and secondary
education stakeholders to build a pipeline for students that may be
interested in attending HBCUs and promote affordable degree attainment;
(H) encouraging States to provide the required State matching funds for
1890 Land-Grant Institutions;
(I) collaborating with the Department of Agriculture and State
governments to establish a framework for addressing barriers to accessing
Federal funding to ensure that HBCUs receive the maximum funding to which
they may be entitled;
(J) collaborating with agencies to improve the competitiveness of HBCUs
for other sources of Federal research and development funding; and
(K) convening an annual White House Summit on HBCUs to address matters
related to the Initiative's missions and functions.
(c) The heads of agencies shall assist and provide
information to the Initiative, consistent with
applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the
functions of the Initiative. Each agency shall bear its
own expenses of participating in the Initiative.
Sec. 4. President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs. (a)
There is established in the Department of Education the
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (Board). The Board shall
fulfill the mission and functions established by, shall
have the structure set forth in, and shall in all other
respects be subject to the provisions of section 5 of
the HBCU PARTNERS Act (20 U.S.C. 1063e). The Board
shall include representatives of a variety of sectors,
such as philanthropy, education, business, finance,
entrepreneurship, innovation, and private foundations,
and current HBCU presidents.
(b) The Board shall advise the President, through
the Initiative, on the matters set forth in section
5(c) of the HBCU PARTNERS Act (20 U.S.C. 1063e(c)).
(c) The Department of Education shall provide
funding and administrative support for the Board,
consistent with applicable law and subject to the
availability of appropriations. Insofar as chapter 10
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the
Federal Advisory Committee Act), may apply to the
Board, any functions of the President under that Act,
except for those in section 6 and section 14 of that
Act, shall be performed by the Secretary of Education,
in accordance with guidelines issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 5. Accountability and Implementation. (a) The
Executive Director of the Initiative shall submit an
annual progress report to the President summarizing the
Federal Government's impact on HBCUs and providing
recommendations for improvement.
Sec. 6. Revocations. Executive Order 14041 of September
3, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing
Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic
Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and
Universities), is hereby revoked. Within 14 days of the
date of this order, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council.
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Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) For the purposes of
this order, ``historically black colleges and
universities'' shall mean those institutions listed in
34 C.F.R. 608.2.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 23, 2025.
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