On Wednesday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced their infrastructure package, the American Jobs Plan. The proposal, expected to amount to between $2.2 and $2.7 trillion, includes $400 billion towards home or community-based care for aging relatives and people with disabilities, $100 billion for broadband, $100 billion for workforce development, $12 billion for community college infrastructure, and $20 billion for upgrading research infrastructure in laboratories to be reserved for HBCUs and MSIs, including the creation of a new national lab focused on climate that will be affiliated with an HBCU. The proposal also calls for a $10 billion R&D investment at HBCUs and other MSIs, and $15 billion for creating up to 200 centers of excellence at these institutions. A second infrastructure proposal, the American Families Plan, is expected to be announced later in April.
The White House Fact Sheet on the American Jobs Plan may be accessed here. Reporting from Inside Higher Ed may be accessed here, and reporting from the Chronicle of Higher Education may be accessed here.