The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its USDA 1890 National Scholars Program at North Carolina A&T State University and 18 other universities nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a scholarship program that serves students from rural or underserved communities pending further review, according to its website. The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program was established in 1992 as part of the partnership between the USDA and the 1890 land-grant universities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has abruptly paused a college scholarship program for students from rural or underserved communities attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs),