Not So Black and White: A community's divided history
WFSU Public Media
9 episodes
5 months ago
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as HBCUs, are in a period of resurgence. They have more status thanks to high-profile business partnerships and celebrity endorsements. They have more money due to recent increases in federal support and philanthropic giving. For many Black students who could have gone to prominent, mostly white schools, HBCUs have become their first choice.Since 2010, overall college enrollment has been on a steady decline. And during the pandemic, it plummeted 9.6%, according to the Education Data Initiative which uses federal figures to track the numbers. But since the pandemic, HBCUs are seeing a surge that predominantly white institutions are not.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as HBCUs, are in a period of resurgence. They have more status thanks to high-profile business partnerships and celebrity endorsements. They have more money due to recent increases in federal support and philanthropic giving. For many Black students who could have gone to prominent, mostly white schools, HBCUs have become their first choice.Since 2010, overall college enrollment has been on a steady decline. And during the pandemic, it plummeted 9.6%, according to the Education Data Initiative which uses federal figures to track the numbers. But since the pandemic, HBCUs are seeing a surge that predominantly white institutions are not.
For some Black people in the South, land is more than wealth. It's community and culture
Not So Black and White: A community's divided history
22 minutes
3 years ago
For some Black people in the South, land is more than wealth. It's community and culture
The positive role gardens play in Black communities, then and now. Not So Black and White is a podcast produced by WFSU Public Media tracing the divided history of Tallahassee and Leon County.
Not So Black and White: A community's divided history
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as HBCUs, are in a period of resurgence. They have more status thanks to high-profile business partnerships and celebrity endorsements. They have more money due to recent increases in federal support and philanthropic giving. For many Black students who could have gone to prominent, mostly white schools, HBCUs have become their first choice.Since 2010, overall college enrollment has been on a steady decline. And during the pandemic, it plummeted 9.6%, according to the Education Data Initiative which uses federal figures to track the numbers. But since the pandemic, HBCUs are seeing a surge that predominantly white institutions are not.
