HBCUs are getting creative to meet the growing demand for student housing
Historically, black colleges and universities have been embroiled in a student housing crisis for decades. Now some are getting creative in tackling the problem.Just in time for the fall 2023 semester, Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, will transform dozens of shipping containers into dormitories, forming a small residential community that will house 98 students, the university's executive vice president told NBC News, Jens Frederiksen. The low-cost, easy-to-build dormitories will have blue and gold exteriors, the colors of the university, with private bathrooms, kitchenettes and showers inside. The project will cost about $4 million, Frederiksen said.“I think this is a brilliant…
