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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
This is qualitative information that are "facts" simply because I have read and heard the opinions myself. Reputation is based on both the objective and the subjective. In that case:
Many HBCU alum, administration, employers, graduate schools, general population people, etc. don't hold schools like Hampton and Howard in the same regard as they once did in terms of 1) academic rigor; 2) quality of student body; 3) preparation for the job market or graduate school; and 4) prestige (subjectively defined).
This isn't a point of debate as far as I'm concerned because for every person who respects HBCUs as a whole there will always be (more) people who don't. Simple as that.
ETA: I'm talking about the colleges and universities as a whole, not particular departments or programs. So mentioning a school's specific program to me doesn't dismiss the idea of it being a struggling HBCU as a whole. I'm also not talking about ALL HBCUs being sucky--there's one HBCU that I absolutely adore and it is one of the best schools in the national PERIOD, as far as I'm concerned.
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As you once again have failed to provide SPECIFIC facts that substantiate any of your OPINIONS, I won't engage in a back and forth with you about this issue. If you have SPECIFIC data regarding that lack of: 1) academic rigor; 2) quality of student body; 3) preparation for the job market or graduate school; and 4) prestige that led to your views, then okay. If not, it is, in my opinon, conjecture and not entitled to more weight than that given to just one person's opinion based on other people's OPINIONS. That would kind of be like me making an argument to the court about a position I was taking with no legal support . . . . ain't gonna fly.
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