Nation About 18 million college students got a financial boost from Biden’s COVID-19 rescue law February 1, 2023Joey Garrison and Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAYComments Off on About 18 million college students got a financial boost from Biden’s COVID-19 rescue law Some 450,000 students attending HBCUs and 8 million students at minority-serving institutions received aid from Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan.