If colleges and universities want to see an improvement in black student performance, they need to address the issue with those who bear sole responsibility...black students.
That said, those students (of any race) who are motivated can be helped by offering classes that teach kids how to study (many people just don't know how) and by offering tutors and courses that teach fundamentals that weren't taught by high schools and elementary schools.
In the end though, academic achievement, like any other achievement, is only worth what one pays for it...and the price is just good old hard work.
The trouble is:
1. It’s slow. It will take a generation or two of sustained effort. Who will do that? Can’t be politicians, too slow for the election cycle. Black organizations like the NAACP? Still far easier and far more personally profitable to extort white guilt.
2. Culture says it’s not cool! Gangsta is cool! How does that dynamic get changed?
I have no solutions. First step is recognizing the obstacles.