HBCU's going broke and disappearing

There are alot of HBCU's that are disappearing and cutting programs because lack of funds. There having to join with other schools and crazy stuff like that just to keep going. Morris Brown VUU just to name some. Yall what is going to happen if HBCU's just keep disappearing and we as a race just keep losing what we worked so hard to achieve?? Would you ever consider going to a white school if your school disappeared or would go to another HBCU.

Two words: Endowment and Investment! Some HBUC's are struggling financially because the size of the endowment is not as it should be. Even HBCU's with healthy endowments tend to invest those endowment funds in lower yielding financial programs. My son's HBCU is considered "struggling". In addition to paying full out of state tuition, fees and expenses, my husband and I donate, participate and are not shy about asking other parents...not alums, to do the same. If every Alum of an HBCU gave $1.00 per day, per year, many of the HBCU's would be in much better financial condition. If the "Enron's" of the world were completely abolished then much higher returns on the invested endowment dollars would mean overnight financial success for the HBCU's. This year I informed my college alma maters that I would not be donating one more dollar unless my donation could be designated for a black student (that did not happen). That said, I also informed them that my money would be going to my son's HBCU as they needed my money more than they did. My undergraduate, graduate and post graduate alma maters all matched my donation to my son's HBCU! They will match for the whole time and every time that I write a check. Word...

^^^ she reminds me so much of my mom(lol)!!! :grin:

I also have refused to give any more money to my alma mater until they clean things up. I often give cash directly to students for specific things (books, travel to conferences, research supplies, etc). I have never needed to have my name in a book on or a list detailing my gifts. Reading List for black college students: The Souls of Black Folk The Miseducation of the Negro Race Matters Native Son The Black Bourgeoisie The Confessions of Nat Turner