Prairie View A&M looking to the future after Sandra Bland’s death
PRAIRIE VIEW — Prairie View A&M University has big plans for Sandra Bland Parkway, recently named in honor of the 28-year-old woman who died in the Waller County Jail.
The historically black university will spend millions of dollars to build retail shops, student housing, entertainment centers and more along the road that winds into campus.
The investment in infrastructure is a sign that Prairie View A&M is bucking a trend faced by most historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs.
Where some have struggled to pay the bills and seen enrollment plummet, Prairie View has spent millions on new buildings since 2001 and kept the student population stable.
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