Under Trump, a Hard Test for Howard University - Jelani Cobb, New Yorker

One afternoon, when I spoke to Howard University's President Frederick by phone, he told me about a student who had harshly criticized his decision to attend the White House meeting, but later came to his office seeking financial assistance to pay for his final year. To Frederick’s mind, the connection between his trip to the White House and his ability to aid the student was obvious. To his critics, such connections either are opaque or come at a cost that betrays the school’s founding mission. “People think we’re doing God’s work, on God’s time, with God’s money,” Frederick said. “The problem is, we don’t have access to the latter two.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/under-trump-a-hard-test-for-howard-university