our next speaker is willie kirkland from dillard university. he can tell you from the front lines what this issue looks like to a very important hcbu. >> good morning, i'm here to talk about the experience of one institution with the impact of financial aid limits and how it affects the institutions throughout from the individual students to the bottom line. dillarding about university located in new orleans, louisiana and it was founded in 1869. throughout its history, the mission has focused on training african-american and underprivileged individuals and assume leadership roles throughout the world and the country. contemporary dillard has about 1200 students. 98% other african-americans. of that number, city five percent are from louisiana. we also get a large proportion of students from other states including california where we get about 12% of our students, texas about seven percent, and illinois about six percent. students of you would receive some -- of dillard students receive some kind of aid. this means that for the institution, fin

our next speaker is willie kirkland from dillard university, so he can tell you from the front lines what this issue looks like to a very important hbcu. thank you. >> good morning. i'm here the talk about the experience of one institution with the impact of financial aid limits and how it affects the institution throughout from the individual students to the institution's bottom line. and so i'm talking about dillard university, located in new orleans, louisiana. it was founded in 1869. and throughout history the mission has focused on training african-american and underprivileged individuals and to assume hardship roles throughout the world and the -- leadership roles throughout the world and the country. dillard, contemporary dillard has about 1200 students. 98% are prim. 98% from african-american. of that number, 65 percent are from louisiana. we also get a large proportion of students from other states including california where we get about 12% of our students, texas about 7% and illinois about 6%. also, 90% of dillard students receive some type of aid need. and this is importa