We analyzed all the data that was collected and documented; this helped determine what the students feel amongst our surveys. This allowed us to ensure that the people that were selected to take part in the interview would not just give us great data to use, but also encompass a large array of people who have dealt with making the decision of going to an HBCU or a PWI. Most of the people whom were selected to have family members who went to the school in which they did not choose to attend. The goal was to ensure that we took interviews from people from a wide range of cultural and economic background. As a group we understood that cultural and economics play a big role in the decision of going to a school over another. Our method of sampling …show more content…
Having the option to attend an HBCU on a full ride, she wanted to be in a diverse environment. This aspect was very important to her and she feels it would help her get used to being in a setting where she will be working in a diverse setting the rest of her life. She made it clear, this does not mean that she does not understand nor devalue the importance that HBCU have in today’s world. She felt that in her mindset coming out of school that a PWI would be the best setting to study in. This is a mindset that hundreds of thousands of student deal with every year when looking into a school to help prepare them for today’s workforce. Often entire person who went to HBCU all felt like the environment at HBCU prepared you to be more equipment and better worker. The lesson that was implanted in them is that they had to work harder to obtain their goals and dreams than those of another race. Going to a HBCU did not affect the fact of them him know how to interact with those of the opposite race. He stated that while he worked his way through school, he had to interact with Co works and also customer that were not of the same race, and cultural background as him. The concept that HBCU blind people from the world and how it really is not a very truthful statement. When the question about is funding a major issue for HBCU us the opinion of the people being interviewed were not consistent. Some view that HBCUs need to increase their enrollment which will in turn help the school as a whole. The others felt like funding played a big role in the school ability to become a top tier program like the PWIs who have a strong alumni’s base, political power, and also the means to give back to the school as Alumni. All people that taken part of the interview process felt that was vital to the betterment of the country and people as a whole