“Here’s the good news: Enrollment at Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has never been higher, with the trend showing no signs of slowing anytime soon,” writes Bruce C.T. Wright of News One, adding that coinciding with that rise in white students was the “lower shares of blacks attending these institutions.”
“Now, here’s the, um, not so good news, at least for traditionalists: As that spike in students bolsters the bottom lines for schools which may not have been on the firmest of financial footings, it has also been threatening to change the typical racial makeup of HBCU students.”
According to a new report from Diverse Issues in Higher Education published last week, in many cases, Black “students have ceased being a majority at HBCUs,” and “At some, they are a small minority among a White majority.”
“The report did not single out schools in particular that apparently fell under that category, but a closer look at recent statistics showed an increasing number of white people have been enrolling as undergraduates at HBCUs over the years,” writes Wright.
