Are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) the key to improving the state of national education?
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 by JRF
The White House seems to think so.
HBCUs graduate about 17% of all black students in the U.S. In order to achieve the national initiative to make the U.S. a world leader in education, 200,000 more graduates need to come from HBCUs.
Presidents of HBCUs agree that this is a daunting task. With cuts in funding and lack of financial aid, it’s harder for students to afford college.
Of course, another point of agreement amongst the college presidents is that all levels of the education system needs to evaluated.
Carlton Brown of Clark-Atlanta University said, “In one sense, it is sheer folly to be talking about increasing the number of bachelor degree recipients without simultaneously talking about the rest of the agenda.”
It’s vital to grow to have representative college graduates. HBCUs are committed to increasing diversity.
“We come to the table from different places,” Beverly Hogan, of Tougaloo College, said. “We don’t all look alike, but we all do one thing extraordinarily well – we provide access to opportunity for a broad array of students. We give them a chance to succeed.”
For more information check out this article.
Tagged: hbcus, education initiative, diversity
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