Believe it or not, so many young kids say that to me when I mention an HBCU. I'm looking at them like they're crazy of course. So sad but true. How were you introduced to HBCU's? Do you think more could be done as far as recruitment and getting the word out there that these types of schools exist, and if so what? And before you say "they should research", if you don't know anything about these schools and you don't know anyone who went to one, how would you know? Especially if you don't have internet access. Keep in mind there are kids living in Queens, Brooklyn etc that have never been to Manhattan, how in the world can research be the only answer?
I'm a firm believer in each one teach one, but from what I understand, graduates of HBCUs don't (for the most part) give a lot of money back once they graduate (e.g. Kentucky State), so maybe that's something to be said about the schools itself.
what do u think?
I was introduced to HBCUs in high school. I was a member of the Afro-American Club and the advisor was a Claflin graduate so he talked of them all the time.
I'm not sure what could be done as far as increasing recruitment. From my point of view I think plenty is being done. When I was in Philly there would be college fairs and the alumni of the HBCUs in the area made sure their school was represented. We even had an HBCU only college fair to help boost interest. There were at least 30 schools represented. So to answer your question of how to get the word out, sponsor a college fair, it doesn't take much to do it.
I don't know how to address the alumni giving question, too many factors. I'll just say that "I give back".
welll im from the bronx and i knew about an hbcu from my family members that went to hampton and one that went to grad school at howard.......i would say that we in general just know depending on or rate of interest.... i dunno its not that serious cuz i know alot of us kids realize what hbcus if not by research but by movies such as drumline.... but at the same time the knowledge that the person u asked about there awareness of hbcus depends on if they even wanted to go to a historically black school but i can tell u for a fact in da nyc hampton n howard and famu are heavily talked about especially hampton maybe cuz its closer and they have random college fairs but sometimes the hbcus dont have a rep at there station so that could be a answer to ur question...but yea........my lil 2 cents
i agree with jamacian shawty too i discovered hbcu's by first deciding that i wanted to major in journalism and i was given a list of schools best for that major and on the list was howard university. my dad also went to north carolina central and always tell me about his experience at a hbcu ,i've also found out about hbcu through songs rappers such as luda and fat joe have talked about howard and morgan homecomings and that sparked my interest some what. If hbcus would send prospective students info like pwi we would be more aware, i get mail from schools i've never even heard of. i would love to get something in the mail from howard , hampton are clark Atlanta.
If hbcus would send prospective students info like pwi we would be more aware, i get mail from schools i've never even heard of. i would love to get something in the mail from howard , hampton are clark Atlanta.
^^^soooooo tru....i rememebr this random school frm idaho was sendin me info and i STILL havent gotten anythin frm howard although i went to a college fair and filled out a card thingy like 2 mths ago..idk hbcu seem like they're sleepin on recruitment and its probly gonna end up costing them sum good (but uninformed) students
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I guess my head was in the clouds or I was living in a cave, because I heard about HBCU when I was filling out scholarships on a website called fastweb. I didn't even know what HBCU stood for, but I read that all I had to do was write an essay for a chance for the scholarship, so I went to the website. Then I had to become a member to even fill out the essay. Then when I went to fill out for the scholarship it said that I had to be either at a HBCU college or about to join one and that's when I realized what HBCU stood for. I live in Iowa, that was not what I was expecting. I haven't seen drumline. I don't listen to rap, so I was pretty much clueless. I have been to alot of college fairs, but there wasn't a HBCU rep. there. Most of the schools are ones that's close around here, so I didn't get to hear the stories about HBCU schools.
Truth be told, I didn't truly know what an HBCU you was until this Feb. of this year. Yes, I was aware of Morehouse but I didn't know there were other strictly black schools. My school took a trip to Lincoln University in Penn. The energy and overwhelming sense of being wanted from the orientation told me where I needed to spend the next few years.
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I was just thinking that alot of Blacks around here have not heard of HBCU. It would be nice to have an all Black School around here. There really are a lot of Blacks in Iowa and Illionis and I would almost guarantee that if we had an all Black School, that more Black males and females would attend college. It's like the Blacks around here are just happy if they graduate from High School. Which is sad, because it's starting to be rare with all of the drop outs each year.
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I was just thinking that alot of Blacks around here have not heard of HBCU. It would be nice to have an all Black School around here. There really are a lot of Blacks in Iowa and Illionis and I would almost guarantee that if we had an all Black School, that more Black males and females would attend college. It's like the Blacks around here are just happy if they graduate from High School. Which is sad, because it's starting to be rare with all of the drop outs each year.
i agree with what ur saying sister tamara but i believe a lot of it comes from within i knew for a long time that i've wanted to go to college its funny because i was saying in 8th grade that i wanted to go to howard , but no one told me this i had to discover it for myself.
i agree with what ur saying sister tamara but i believe a lot of it comes from within i knew for a long time that i've wanted to go to college its funny because i was saying in 8th grade that i wanted to go to howard , but no one told me this i had to discover it for myself.
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You right!!! It just seems like more people are doing things in groups. There's not a lot of people that are stepping out. When college comes up around a group of peers whatever the majority thinks that's usually what everybody ends up thinking. Let me get more personal with this...Speaking of myself when I graduated from High School I had scholarships to go anywhere. I didn't have to pay for nothing, but to get there. None of my friends were going to college. They were bragging about how much fun they were going to have now that they didn't have to go to school. They had it planned out about working and everything. It sounded good to a nerd like me. So, on graduation night we had a block party. Keep in mind this was the first time I had a beer. I thought I was having the best time of my life when morning came and we were still partying. So I had decided that I would take a year off to enjoy myself and then I would go back to school. Let's just say that ended up being a big mistake. So, you see when I talk, I'm talking from experience and knowledge. I'm not going off of heresay and conclusions. I know young people today that are torn about school because all of their friends want to party. They haven't been convinced that college is for Black people too.
