Black Academic Talent Choosing HBCUs

We discuss the decision to choose an HBCU over a PWI.

What’s behind the recent surge in high-profile Black academic talent chosing HBCUs?  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the 1619 project… Nikole Hannah-Jones and critically-acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates are coming to Howard University.  For several HBCUs… there’s been a significant increase in student enrollment as well.  We discuss the decision to choose an HBCU over a PWI.

Risikat “Kat” Okedeyi, Professor, Prince George’s Community College, Ajunct Professor, Bowie State University

 

Dr. Greg Carr, Chair, Afro-American Studies, Howard University