Little Things Like This’: What MacKenzie Scott’s Millions Have Meant to HBCUs

“The utility of unrestricted funds cannot be overstressed,” said Kayla Elliott, director of higher-education policy at the Education Trust. She added that putting some of the funding towards supporting faculty indirectly supports students. “Oftentimes institutions have to make investments into faculty, investments into infrastructure, investments into indirect costs that don’t go directly to students in order to support students,” she said.