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Posted by Wendell, Tue Apr-03-01 04:29 AM
Yes.

HBCU's serve more purposes than have been listed in this thread. One of the things I noticed in 86 when I got down to SU was the number of pre-college work that was needed for some of the students who were on the college campus. Being a competitive Northerner, I was VERY critical of the schools admissions policy. Critical enough to ask my counselor "What are these kids doing here if they can't do the work?" She very calmly explained to me: "that if we don't provide the oportunity for a higher education for our own people, who will? Those remedial courses help them thoses students who need it, advance their life."

She went on to tell me how the primary and secondary school system don't prepare our people for the next step. She got into the whole institutional racism thing and basically changed my life with that conversation.

I will be back to finish.

Peace

Wendell