jsupop33
Loyalty & Respect
We were discussing this at lunch. Since the creation of the Pell Grants, a significant proportion of pell grant recipients attended HBCU's. Since the explosion of for-profit universities over the past 20 years, there has been a shift. Seven of the top ten schools for pell grant recipients are now for-profits. A lot of these kids who we used to attract are now at the U of Phoenix's or small technical for profits of the world. Crazy part is that most of these schools have much higher tuition than your average HBCU. There has also been a growing number of minorities in general that are flocking towards these schools.
There are two reasons I see for this shift.
1. Flexibility- One thing I applaud the for-profit sector is seeing their students as their customers. The for-profit sector really led the charge for online degree programs. They went out there way to really attract people whose schedules or responsibilities make it almost impossible to attend a traditional 4-year b&m school.
2. Standards- This may actually be a good thing for HBCU's but bad for the students. A lot of these schools have very low if any standards for acceptance.
I agree that for-profits have hurt the enrollment growth as HBCU's but they also finally convinced some of our lazy arse schools to change/evolve.
There are two reasons I see for this shift.
1. Flexibility- One thing I applaud the for-profit sector is seeing their students as their customers. The for-profit sector really led the charge for online degree programs. They went out there way to really attract people whose schedules or responsibilities make it almost impossible to attend a traditional 4-year b&m school.
2. Standards- This may actually be a good thing for HBCU's but bad for the students. A lot of these schools have very low if any standards for acceptance.
I agree that for-profits have hurt the enrollment growth as HBCU's but they also finally convinced some of our lazy arse schools to change/evolve.