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A new association of 15 HBCUs aims to collectively boost their research status

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Morgan State University president David K. Wilson about an association aimed at boosting the research status of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.