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Guest Editorial…HBCU’s need and deserve society’s help

Guest Editorial…HBCU’s need and deserve society’s help
Posted By: How May I Help You NC on August 06, 2014


By Courier Newsroom
For generations Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played a key role in educating young African Americans.

During segregation, HBCUs were the only option for many African-American students, who made up almost 100 percent of their enrollment in 1950. In the 1960s that began to change as integration helped to open many doors that once were closed to African Americans.



Today only 11 percent of African-American college students choose an HBCU now that Black students have a broader choice of schools

But facing often steep declines in enrollment, these schools are struggling to survive. In the last 20 years, five HBCUs have shut down and about a dozen have dealt with accreditation issues.

The list of HBCUs facing dire financial circumstances is troubling.

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