“Among Black students enrolled in degree-granting institutions, the percentage enrolled at HBCUs has fallen over time, from 18 percent in 1976 to 8 percent in 2014” (“Historically Black Colleges 1). HBCU’s were only made to learn basic skills until segregation. For instance, a group of black students took the advantage to attend Central High School when it first became integrated in 1957. “HBCU’s existed as federal inventions to offer black students opportunities to learn a basic skill or a trade. These institutions have now flourished with a plethora of undergraduate and graduate programs, some being the best in the country” (HBCU vs PWI 1).
However, the top HBCU, Spelman College, is an all-female school (“These Historically Black” 1). The next HBCU ranking is Howard university with only 4,222 men applying and only 469 men …show more content…
Going to school in not just a unfamiliar state, but a different geographical area gives you opportunities to see how accounting, engineering, nursing, and more works on this opposite side of the country. HBCU’s will always teach you about your culture, but you will never truly grasp and take pride in one’s culture until you look at someone else’s. “There is an initial peculiarity in arriving someplace where no one is familiar with you or where you come from. Through this fear, you are motivated to learn about others’ diverse backgrounds, and to teach others about yours” (‘Pros and Cons”1) Many Africans-Americans graduated from a black majority high school, so HBCU’s will not allow them out of their comfort zone and cause a lack of individuality among black students. Predominately white school’s various locations enable awareness, curiosity, individuality and more of what students are not common too at home. Therefore, PWI graduates are very versatile and have been taught the skills to work in multiple