For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 12, 2002
Advisors for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Executive Order
President's Board of Advisors on 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, in order to advance the
development of the Nation's full human potential and to advance equal
opportunity in higher education, to strengthen the capacity of
historically black colleges and universities to provide the highest
quality education, and to increase opportunities for these institutions
to participate in and benefit from Federal programs, as do other
colleges and universities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. There is established, in the Office of the
Secretary of Education, a Presidential advisory committee entitled the
"President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities" (Board). The Board shall prepare and issue an annual
report to the President on the results of the participation of
historically black colleges and universities in Federal
programs. The Board also shall provide advice to the
President and to the Secretary of Education (Secretary) regarding the
needs of historically black colleges and universities in the areas of
infrastructure, academic programs, and faculty and institutional
development. In the annual report to the President, the
Board shall make recommendations on how to increase the private sector
role, including the role of private foundations, in strengthening
historically black colleges and universities. Particular
emphasis should also be given in the report to enhancing institutional
planning and development, strengthening fiscal stability and financial
management, and improving institutional infrastructure, including the
use of technology, to ensure the long-term viability and enhancement of
these institutions.
Sec. 2. The Board shall be appointed by the
President. The Board membership shall include sitting
presidents of historically black colleges and universities,
representatives of other higher education institutions, business and
financial leaders, representatives of private foundations, and
secondary school administrators. The President shall
designate a Chair or Co-Chairs from among the members.
Sec. 3. The White House Initiative on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (Initiative), located in the Office of the
Secretary of Education, shall: (1) provide staff, resources,
and assistance to the Board; (2) assist the Secretary in performing the
liaison function between the executive branch and historically black
colleges and universities; and (3) serve the Secretary in carrying out
the responsibilities described in section 6 of this order.
Sec. 4. To carry out this order, each executive
department and agency identified by the Secretary may, consistent with
applicable law and regulations, enter into appropriate grants,
contracts, or cooperative agreements with historically black colleges
and universities. The head of each department or agency so
identified shall establish an annual plan that will establish clear
goals for how the department or agency intends to increase the capacity
of historically black colleges and universities to compete effectively
for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements and to encourage
historically black colleges and universities to participate in Federal
programs. The department's or agency's annual goal should be
clearly reflected in the department's or agency's annual budget
submission to the Office of Management and Budget. To
facilitate the attainment of these goals, the head of each department
or agency identified by the Secretary shall provide, as appropriate,
technical assistance and information to historically black colleges and
universities regarding the program activities of the department or
agency and the preparation of applications or proposals for grants,
contracts, or cooperative agreements.
Sec. 5. Each executive department and agency identified
by the Secretary shall appoint a senior official, who is a full-time
officer of the Federal Government, to report directly to the department
or agency head with respect to department or agency activity under this
order, and to serve as liaison to the Board and to the
Initiative. To the extent permitted by law and regulations,
each executive department and agency identified by the Secretary shall
provide appropriate information requested by the Board and staff
pursuant to the order.
Sec. 6. Each executive department and agency identified
by the Secretary shall develop an annual plan for, and shall document
the agency's effort in, increasing the capacity of historically black
colleges and universities to participate in Federal
programs. Each department's and agency's plan shall describe
new or existing department and agency programs and measurable
objectives for proposed department and agency actions, in connection
with those programs, to achieve the purposes of this order. These
plans shall be submitted at such time and in such form as the Secretary
shall require. In consultation with the participating
departments and agencies, the Secretary shall review the plans and
develop, with the advice of the Board, an integrated Annual Federal
Plan for Assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities for
submission to the President. The Secretary shall provide the president
of each historically black college and university with a copy of, and
an opportunity to comment on, the proposed Annual Federal Plan prior to
its submission to the President. Each participating
department and agency shall submit to the Secretary an Annual
Performance Report that shall measure each department's and agency's
performance against the objectives set forth in the department's or
agency's annual plan. The Secretary shall be responsible for
monitoring compliance with the Annual Federal Plan after it is approved
by the President.
Sec. 7. In developing its annual plan, each executive
department and agency identified by the Secretary shall emphasize
programs and activities that develop the capacity of historically black
colleges and universities to contribute to the development of human
capital and to strengthen America's economic and technological base
through: (1) infrastructure development and acquisitions for
instruction and research; (2) student and faculty doctoral fellowships
and faculty development; (3) domestic and international faculty and
student exchanges and study-abroad opportunities; (4) undergraduate and
graduate student internships; and (5) summer, part-time, and permanent
employment opportunities.
Sec. 8. Each year, the Board shall report to the
President on the progress achieved in enhancing the capacity of
historically black colleges and universities to serve their students,
including findings and recommendations for individual departments and
agencies in connection with their Annual Performance Reports, as
described in section 6 of this order.
Sec. 9. The Board, in consultation with the Department
of Education and other executive departments and agencies, shall
develop a Private Sector Strategy to assist historically black colleges
and universities in: (1) increasing voluntary private-sector
contributions to support the enhancement of endowments and the overall
financial stability of such institutions; (2) improving and enhancing
the quality and number of private-sector partnerships focused on
academic program development, student achievement and faculty
development, cooperative research and development projects, and faculty
exchanges; and (3) improving information management, and facilities,
and strengthening academic course offerings.
Sec. 10. (a) The provisions in this Executive
Order shall be implemented to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(b) The Department of Education shall provide funding
and administrative support for the Board and the Initiative.
(c) Members of the Board shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law;
(d) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, may apply to the Board, any functions of the President under
that Act, except for those in section 6 of that Act, shall be performed
by the Department of Education, in accordance with the guidelines that
have been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 11. Executive Order 12876 of November 1, 1993, as
amended, is hereby revoked.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 12, 2002.
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