I agree that students can be late ALOT and that is the fault of the student. But that is no excuse for the rudeness that goes on in some of the offices.
Part of my job is student support, and service and I bust my **** to make sure that I satisfy their concerns. Everyone else should put forth the same effort.
HBCU's aren't the only one's with "administrative problems," predominately white schools have them too. I agree that laziness and understaffing contribute to administrative problems at some HBCU's. However, I do not believe that they are the sole reasons because "you" determine your attitude and how you treat people. Yeah, you've been dealing with students and their issues all day.....but you get PAID to do so. It's not volunteer work. If you don't like it....find something else to do.
i cannot believe that you people are saying some of the things that you are saying. Then again, yes i can because that is the one thing that we do better than any race in the whole world, talk down to one another. Maybe Willie Lynch was right?
Anyway, part of the reason for the administrative problems at the HBCUs is economics. Over 90 percent of the students that attend most of the HBCUs receive financial aid such as Pell Grants. Well, those grants do not cover the costs of an education as well all know. Then comes the loans. Unlike most PWIs, the fee charged for processing your loans at HBCU is way lower than what their white counterparts charge because they are trying to keep fees down to allow more students to attend. This creates a deficit in the budget of the school and when the administrators solicit the state and federal goverments for financial assistance, the first question often asked is what is the graduation rates of the schools? What are the average GPAs? Because nobody wants to invest in a bad investment. Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett Women's college, spoke some time ago here at Mizzou and said that she had a student come to her crying and saying that they were going to kick her out of school because she did not have all of the money. She went on to say that most HBCU administrators allow that student to stay but as they continue to do this, money runs out, credibility is lost and the image of the schools diminish. Students are turned off by the school. But the problem started with money, not lazy administrators.
