Historically Black Colleges & Universities or HBCU

Which ones are the best academically.. party schools.. etc

Typically, if you drive by slowly enough, they toss a diploma in your car.

I love Winston-Salem State University. Nice campus.

R3 is it? I’ve never been there

Let's not. The predictable race troll strikes again.

Howard is extremely pretentious and stuck up. I had a few friends that went to Grambling . Total party school.

How bout Clark Atlanta?

I have visited Tuskegee (and saw Booker T. Washington's former residence, among other things).

What stood out to me what not the university itself, but rather the drive to get there. I'd never seen the South off the interstate and was struck by the poverty.

I interviewed for a tenure-track position at Lincoln University (PA) many years ago. Generally, it was a positive experience. The campus was rural, but pretty, and had a fantastic then-new library. My one-on-one meetings can be categorized by race, however. Talks with white faculty were very encouraging. Talks with black faculty were abrupt and tense. (I'm white.)

Basically, they did not want any "white saviors." Many months passed before the provost called me with an offer. Clearly one or more other candidates turned them down before they got to me. I turned them down, too.

Howard has a deservedly excellent reputation, once upon a time. Now it’s just a place to waste your parents’ money while you party with other black kids.

^^^ “had”

R10 So true! Hampton is better

I think Spelman and Morehouse are considered the elite HBCUs. Howard is probably next.

I worked for Texas Southern University in Houston for several years. It's a complete, corrupt shithole of a degree mill.

Wouldn't almost any black youth with brains or talent accept the offers from the 100 elite non-color coded universities?

R13 Yeah if you go to Morehouse you’re pretty much guaranteed to make serious money. The connections alone...

I know one person who attended a HBCU and he's a white guy. He went to North Carolina Central University to finish his degree. He was only there a year and he said it was a great school.

Cheney is one of the lowest. One of the oldest - but has been slowly dying for decades. A shame - but the same is true for all women’s colleges. A remnant of the past.

HBCUs should be getting more funding.

R19 i agree. On a related note, when that college admission scandal happened last year, Dr. Dre bragged on Instagram about how his daughter got into USC on her own and how he didn't need to pay up off anyone. He didn't include that he has a history of donating to USC and he got ripped apart on twitter and instagram because people brought up his donation history. I remember one guy saying that something that it was a shame that Dr. Dre never donates to HBCUs.

R20, I think a lot of people who aren't black have a ton of misconceptions about HBCUs. They think they are inferior, not worth mentioning, etc. It's a shame because many of these schools produce great graduates. I"m not black but I really want HCBUs to get more funding. Black Americans have a historical connection to these schools that isn't going away and why should it? These schools accepted them when other "white" dominated schools didn't.

I (a black guy) went to Jackson State University, because I was obsessed with marching band after high school. I was also considering FAMU. It was fun, but definitely underprepared me for grad school at GA Tech. I’m currently being slowly worked to death in Silicon Valley. I don’t think I would change anything though.

Which one did Denise Huxtable go to in A Different World?

And yes, that's future Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.

Hillman? I think it was modeled after Howard.

^^^ Yes it was

Spellman R23 - renamed Hillman. The Atlanta black Seven Sister.

I thought it was modeled after Spelman.

My BIL, who is white but grew up in DC, went to Howard for his dental degree. He thought it was a great school, but that was like 40 years ago.

The ones near me can be considered “Show Up” schools — if you show up to class and pay your fees, you’re just about guaranteed to graduate.

R28 I thought Hillman was modeled after Howard. A lot of my friends chose to go to HBCUs because they knew they'd make valuable connections. Most of them joined a fraternity or sorority.

I have several friends who graduated from Hampton University (some when it was still Hampton Institute). They are all smart, talented, and successful, so my overall impression of HU is very positive. Beautiful campus, too!

R31 I agree! It’s a beautiful campus. I know a lot of people that went there as well. Many of them ended up in DC with cush jobs.

Im Tyrone Hankerson, HBCU stunt queen extraordinaire, stealing your financial aid, bitches!

Their commercials used to scare me when I was a kid.

Related news: That white HS drum major who everybody was obsessed with last year is apparently going to Alabama State University in the fall. I’m a bit surprised because ASU’s drum major style (really their entire band style) is very different from his HS, which was primarily based on JSU. But I guess it’s in-state and makes sense proximity-wise.

At any rate, here’s a solid bump for this thread, which will undoubtedly sink back to the freshly-FLEETed bowels of DataLounge.

How are non-black students treated?

[quote]Cheney is one of the lowest.

A common theme with that name.

[quote] I interviewed for a tenure-track position at Lincoln University (PA) many years ago. Generally, it was a positive experience. The campus was rural, but pretty, and had a fantastic then-new library. My one-on-one meetings can be categorized by race, however. Talks with white faculty were very encouraging. Talks with black faculty were abrupt and tense. (I'm white.) Basically, they did not want any "white saviors." Many months passed before the provost called me with an offer. Clearly one or more other candidates turned them down before they got to me. I turned them down, too.

[quote] I have swapped BJs with a lot of students at my school. I meet them on Grindr or Scruff. Although a Professor, I have been full-time administration for a few years, so I will never have any of them in my classes. I live in different city than my university, and my home town also has a large university. So even around home, I have fucked around with college guys. Since it is at home, with a bed, the sex is oral and/or anal.

How unfortunate that you didn’t get a chance to fuck your way around that campus too.

[quote] Typically, if you drive by slowly enough, they toss a diploma in your car.

[quote] The ones near me can be considered “Show Up” schools — if you show up to class and pay your fees, you’re just about guaranteed to graduate.

There are 100 of them. I’m sure you live “near” and have intimate knowledge of all of them.

I remember visiting Prairie View A & M University (TX) during a road trip and Howard University during Obama's 2009 inauguration back in HS. My parents went to an HBCU in OH so they encouraged me check them out before making my final decision. I thought Prairie View was intimidating. I grew up in the burbs around white people, I simply wasn't ready or willing to step out of my comfort zone. It's sort of sad, but I already knew I would find a reason to say no to an HBCU. I was excited to check out Howard because of the reputation. I actually liked the school during my tour. My mom's best friend had her (closeted) son give us a private tour after the official one. I figured if this glass closet black man could be happy at Howard then I could also call it home. My only reservation was DC. I love the National Mall but the rest of the city felt too old and look rather rough in too many parts. In the end, I went to a white, no-name, small liberal arts school with a campus in the middle of a suburb. Sadly, I remained in my comfort zone, including the closet throughout college.

I'm ashamed for my cowardice, but it's my life so I accept the decisions I made at that time. If I could do it again, I would have busted my ass so that I could have a shot at getting into Howard. I might have bowed to my parent's pressure, enrolled in that university, and be on another great path in life. All well, there is always grad school.

Alabama State University has to be one of the worst. It has an appalling 25% graduation rate.

One daughter went to XULA and thrived. Nothing but positives. They other daughter went to Southern (Baton Rouge campus) and hated it. I don’t think her problems were with the school though. Trying to encourage her to try XULA after this gap year is over. Grambling was a big disappointment during our campus tours. I loved Mississippi Valley State, but younger daughter didn’t want to be “out in the country.” I was also impressed by Jackson State, but neither daughter was remotely interested in them. Overall, HBCUs are underestimated, misunderstood, underfunded, very diverse, and largely hidden gems.