Enrollment Increases for HBCUs

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Enrollment Increases for HBCUs

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some observers believe the calls for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the global awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement have contributed mightily to the rise in enrollment at HBCUs.| By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Howard University enjoyed a more than 15 percent enrollment increase during the pandemic, and officials at the historically Black college expect those numbers to increase this fall. “This has the potential to be our largest freshman class ever,” Anthony Wutoh, Howard’s Provost and chief academic […]

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