Thu 19 Feb, 2009
The struggles of historically black colleges and universities
Comment now Filed under: Thinking about race, privilege and inequality| Tags: Education, Historically black colleges and universities, Racial inequality |
Apparently, historically black colleges and universities are being disproportionately affected by the current economic recession, because they tend to have smaller endowments and a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Some of these hard-hit institutions include Morris Brown College, Clark Atlanta University, and Spelman College in Atlanta; Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Tennessee State University in Nashville. Howard University, in Washington, D.C, is the wealthiest of these institutions, but even Howard has recently been forced to devote more funds to scholarships for its students.
It seems to me that two very different conclusions could be drawn from this development.
