Fisk a good place for B/C students

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:14 pm

While the premise is very laudable, we’re not sure this is a list most colleges would want to be a part of: At a D.C. conference, Fisk was one of a number of universities lauded for their flexibility in working with high schoolers whose GPAs aren’t setting the world on fire.

“We do like the B-C students because they are the ones that are actually going to work harder because they feel appreciative that they’re able to get in a four-year college,” he said “So we make them aware of that, and make sure they work as hard to ensure that they stay.”

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The struggles of male HBCU students

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 30, 2009 at 7:51 am

The AP says graduation rates for men at historically black colleges and universities are routinely 15 percent lower than women.

“I think HBCUs have gotten lazy,” said Walter Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark. “That was our hallmark 40, 50 years ago. We still say ‘nurturing, caring, the president knows you.’ That’s a lie on a lot of campuses. That’s a flat-out lie.”

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