Black People : NON-HBCU univ. graduates more Black than any HBCU

[Knowledge Seed]

ATLANTA— Georgia State University continues to lead the nation in graduating minority students, now ranking No.1 in the nation among not-for-profit institutions in awarding bachelor’s degrees to African-American students according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

With a 17 percent one-year increase, Georgia State outpaced all other non-profit colleges and universities in awarding bachelor degrees to African-American students in the magazine’s rankings of the “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers.” GSU conferred 1,262 bachelor’s degrees to African-Americans in 2012, climbing past Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T State University.

Georgia State’s overall graduation rates continue to break records and earn national accolades, thanks to innovative programs for retention and progression. Overall, the university has raised its graduation rates by 29 percentage points in the last decade, and the numbers continue to climb.

“The latest rankings from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education again show that Georgia State is indeed a place where all students succeed,” said Georgia State University President Mark Becker. “We are extremely gratified to see our programs working and our students flourishing.”

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[Knowledge Seed]

Does something like this give credit to the argument that HBCUs are becoming obsolete?

 

[Asomfwaa]

Does something like this give credit to the argument that HBCUs are becoming obsolete?

How do you suppose that it would?

HBCUs represent an important lesson in history. One time in high school, a European student argued against the existence of HBCUs. I thought of his opinions, then remarked, those that aren't HBCUs are HWCU. And that's a lesson that we should not forget.

If HBCUs graduated only one student, they still ought remain. Once we forget how we were mistreated, we're in for the whole mess all over again! See African history from ancient times until now.

HTP

 

[Each1teach1]

I think that there is alot to be discussed here. Being a product of an HBCU myself, I have observed the stripping of the hbcu culture, its "defunct" style of operation and how they repeatedly put money ahead of education all the while making worthless investments in expansion and upgrades, meanwhile their research centers and libraries are falling apart, under funded and dusty with few books printed in this century!!! Yes I have witnessed this first hand..Yet the football team which can barely qualify for the MEAC is considered for a new stadium...go figure...

Many HBCU's were started as land grant institutions by whites anyway, are funded by the state and are dictated to as to how they will operate. Even some so called private institutions the few esteemed such as Howard and Spellmen were started by whites and are still run by them. It was a Rockerfeller that started spellmen by the way...smh

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

How do you suppose that it would?

HBCUs represent an important lesson in history. One time in high school, a European student argued against the existence of HBCUs. I thought of his opinions, then remarked, those that aren't HBCUs are HWCU. And that's a lesson that we should not forget.

If HBCUs graduated only one student, they still ought remain. Once we forget how we were mistreated, we're in for the whole mess all over again! See African history from ancient times until now.

HTP

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... This comment along with Each1Teach1's makes this thread discussion relevant, in my opinion.



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