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Originally posted by The Original Ape
I been gon a grip, so yall be patient with me.
I think it depends on the student's background, what they intend to major in, the strengths of the prospective school, the student-faculty ratio, and of course-cost. I've heard HBCUs are QUALITY oriented; whereas pw schools are quantity/quality-oriented when it comes to assignments. Regrettably, I never attended an HBCU; so I really don't know.
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That's interesting, what about those who say that some HBCUs are not the least bit concerned about QUALITY, but moreso concerned about the APPEARANCE of quality. I've also heard people say they didn't want to have to worry about their hair, makeup, and clothes when they went to class (like they were in highschool) which is why they fit in at a pw.
I was educated in a predominently black public school system, but decided to attend a pw university. To me, it wasn't a huge decision b/c I know my people and I had grown up with my people. I think we should seek to be educated in an environment that more closely resembles the world in which we will have to work in (which isn't predominently black). However, I definitely believe that there is a need for an HBCU education. I will say that NOT attending an HBCU led me to need to supplement my lack of daily exposure to my own people, by hanging out at HBCUs. Of course, the black students at pw institutions tend to stick together, but there is less of a support system for our interests and culture. In terms of level of difficulty and educational value, we can't generalize b/c there are many HBCUs that have credentials that far surpass those of pw institutions.