"With many chronically under funded historically Black colleges in need of a lifeline, HBCUs should reap some of the federal stimulus dollars - money they can in turn use to produce needed minority teachers and scientists, recommends the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in a new report," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reports. "Released this week, 'HBCUs/Stimulus Funding' suggests how historically Black colleges and universities can share in the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was designed to provide a boost to the U.S. economy. The stimulus package includes $100 billion in funding devoted to education, and representatives from TMCF say some of this money must be used to help HBCUs. ... The report contends that the Obama administration will not successfully fulfill its goal of providing more access to higher education and improving academic achievement if it does not extend much-needed resources to HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions."