[C19fan]

The NBCU's have no longer a reason to exist in today's world. If you are African-American with some academic ability colleges and universities are falling over themselves to try to get you to enroll. The only people who attend HBCUs now are students who want that cultural experience and the bottom of the barrel of college going African-Americans.

[rbg81]

I think this article is wrong. If the 4 year graduation rate is only 9%, I would thing 75% never get a degree (not 25%). Actually, most schools would beam if 75% of their students eventually got degrees. I think the average is between 50-60%.

I remember another Black college, Central State University in Ohio—another disaster that eventually shut down.

All Black colleges had a place once, but now they are an anachronism.

[IronJack]

But their students receive the best indoctrination in White Privilege that borrowed money can buy.

[vetvetdoug]

I am perplexed. Blacks don't give enough to keep their colleges operating? Many white colleges have failed too, Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee is one.

[lakecumberlandvet]

“...student body has shrunk...four-year graduation rate is...” very low. Many “...students never receive a degree, and student loan defaults are very high.”
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Sounds like our HBCU university here in Kentucky: Kentucky State University. KSU was founded in 1886 when segregation existed. Like Cheyney, KSU is a state-funded school that finds itself in serious financial difficulty. I agree with you that HBCUs no longer have a reason to exist in today’s world. The state of Kentucky’s economic condition could be improved dramatically by shutting the school down. But it won’t because of racial politics. The taxpayers will continue to be forced to throw money down a black hole. No pun intended. There are many more reasons why KSU should be shuttered but I won’t go into them. Suffice it to say that the local community of Frankfort, Kentucky’s capital, would experience immediate social benefits from KSU’s demise.

[dfwgator]

Black Colleges?!?!?!

Segregation for me, but not for thee.

[freeangel]

You can’t fix stupid.

[Organic Panic]

Open up Obama’s stash and the school will be just fine financially. Play the race card too and guilt ridden white libs who would never venture within 100 miles of that school will write a check.

[beaversmom]

From a FRiend:

State vehicle with a union Kerry/Edwards sign in window, and registration confirming ownership on front seat....Cheney University. “AFSCME” is “American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees”.