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Posted By: Tracey Tyner on December 12, 2007 Recently, I presented a report to my employers about the differences in enrollment of our African-American students in traditional 4-yr Universities and that of our Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Where the statistics in the enrollment is impressive, the statistics of those who actually stay and graduate are very dismal! Any feedback on whay this is? With all the pride and history that our colleges offer, why aren't you all graduating at a greater rate in comparison to your white counter-parts? Please refer to the article published on November 28th, 2007 in the "jbhe", Journal of Blacks in Higher Education for the information I am referring to. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Tracey Tyner
From Detroit, MI Michigan St Univ class of 1989 Member Since December 2007 |
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Some HBCUs have very good retention rates (equal or higher to the 70% average of a typical PWC), while others struggle to retain students. Why? a. Some HBCUs are less selective in their admissions process, which allows disadvantaged but motivated students a chance to enroll and turn things around. The unfortunate side effect of this is that some undisciplined students enter also. In addition, even some of the best students run into life problems and drop. b. There is a higher proportion of students from economically depressed areas, who are more likely to need remedial study. c. Smaller HBCUs are still developing their endowments, which limits scholarships and other financial aid. Friday, December 14th 2007 at 1:35PM |
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I did an informal survey once with my sorority and along with many of the responses above...FINANCIAL STRESS...was the overarching theme. I ran out of funds my senior year. My ability to work 4 jobs and hold down a 3.5 helped save the day for me to graduate on time. I had to tutor, work-study, direct sell educational products off campus, and work for an off-campus scientific lab as an office assistant. So not sure how many people would have been willing to do all of that for a piece of paper. I was actually encouraged to transfer out and to a white institution that would be able to provide more scholarship/financial aid based on my academic standing. Alas..my HBCU was in my heart so I did what I hadda do.
Thursday, December 20th 2007 at 12:43AM |
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