tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post114987026434127913..comments2023-09-16T07:50:15.160-07:00Comments on Simply Fred Smith: Historically Black Colleges. Universities.Frederick Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06931988603225411355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1150224300088127742006-06-13T11:45:00.000-07:002006-06-13T11:45:00.000-07:00I actually don't want to attend an HBCU AT ALL. I'...I actually don't want to attend an HBCU AT ALL. I've been around African Americans in every school and my neighborhood all my life. Also Philly is very segregated without Jim Crow. ( LAtinos living here, and Asians living there, Haitians on one block, and Italians on another.) I want to experience new cultures, new people and I don't feel as though I can do that if everyone is, somwhat, the same. No one is going to show me their tradtions from India, or how one may celebrate a holiday I've never heard of, and I want to experience that type of thing. <BR/><BR/>Also the standards of many HBCU's are downtrodden, and the people are just plain ghetto. <BR/><BR/>But I'm still applying to Howard, maybe, as a backup.Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098542308334985087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1150184725670475242006-06-13T00:45:00.000-07:002006-06-13T00:45:00.000-07:00Great post topic. I remember having to make the ch...Great post topic. I remember having to make the choice between attending a large public university (UC Davis), or an HBCU (Xavier). Even after being offered a 3/4 scholarship at Xavier, I chose Davis. While I do not regret my decision, I often wonder how my life, both socially and academically, would have been different had I attended an HBCU. <BR/><BR/>I believe attending an HBCU would have given me a sense of personal empowerment and collectiveness that I did not receive at my undergrad. From my encounters with HBCU alumni, most if not all of them have a family-type connection with their schools, which I think is very important to the future success of these institutions...many give back financially as alumni, while I have no motivation to contribute to my alumni. You definitely hit the nail on the head about folks building a network from their HBCU experiences...i've seen that happen more than once at a conference or cultural event.<BR/><BR/>As far as the new recruitment strategies many HBCU have employed, I find no problem with it. These institutions are dedicated to providing quality higher education to students, particularly Black students...if less and less Black students decide on HBCU's, the universities are forced to extend their reach to others that are interested. It would be ludicrous to expect HBCU's to lower it's admissions goals or standards just because fewer black students are applying. I doubt that a few more Asian and Latino/a students in the mix will grossly change the missions and objectives of HBCU's.dancehardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930135690054173878noreply@blogger.com