ALREADY… I SEE UAPB WAS THE FIRST MASCOT ON THE DISPLAY… DIAMOND STATE STAND UP!!!

Now on a more serious note… These crakkkas is gettin outta hand, “focusin on the violin” Dont nobody play no dayum VIOLIN!!! That just goes to show how ya’ll BARK OBAMANATION of a President care. When we all know, that schools compete against each other thru scholarships. And make the sub-universities wait for the federal check to clear, then they make the students wait for refund money… I aint even gonna get all carried away just yet i’ll wait to see what the masses have to say… I am pissed and prepared to unleash a barrage of verbal disgust to whoeva chooses to feel it.

See this guy may have graduated from Morehouse, but he also graduated from Harvard as well and the way I see it he’s talking to everyone from a Harvard point of view not a Morehouse point of view. He’s forgotten how hard it is for black schools to compete with white dominated universities. We don’t play the violin or say anyone owes us anything at all. Hell I started out at “The Hill” Alabama A&M before I transferred out and one thing I can say is it was the best time of my life and not every HBCU is struggling. It’s already hard enough in these economic times as is so yeah they’re going to be in survival mode. A few other things I’ve always noticed is it’s hard to even find our apparel for HBCU unless you’re in the city or state where you can obtain the gear. Yet you can find all these big schools like USC, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, everywhere. I know this discussion isn’t about finding gear with our favorite HBCU, but it is valid to say. If our best black athletes quit going to all this big universities and went to our black schools then you know conferences like the SWAC, MEAC, AND SIAC would be powerhouses and dominate other D-I schools, but the reason this doesn’t happen is b/c they get lured by the bigger schools who have more money to offer and give them those extra incentives to play for them and you know what I mean and some of these young guys look at it if they go to an HBCU they’re getting a raw deal and to be honest we all know money talks and bulls**t walks. Our HBCU’s are not in trouble like Wilson said we’re just getting over shadowed by the big money ones.

these schools need to do a better job of marketing themselves. i don’t remember gettin any material from any of’em in my jr and sr yrs in HS. they need to send reps out to the west coast so students will know about’em.

also, students outside of their region will oly be interested in the nationally accredited schools. we know some of these aren’t worth attending.

HU You know… Do you see all of these beautiful HU alumni!!!!!

But real talk Howard receives 100million in endowments a year… However a lot of our endowments come from the Federal government. With the government in a recession the money is dwindling. And @ Jack_ Stephen1 they do go to the West Coast and market themselves. When I was in high school St. Augustine(my grandfather’s alma mater), Subr, Philander Smith, Tougaloo College,Norfolk State, Howard university, Hampton Institute, and many others all were at the Richmond High School College Fair in Richmond, CA. Also when I was a student at Howard U, (2004-2008) There were several people from my hometown of Oakland and even more from the great states of California Oregon and Washington State. People even attend HBCUs from as far away as Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. But like the article said… HBCUs shouldnt be so tuition dependent and should work harder at their research especially if they are a University which means they rely heavily on research to maintain accreditation in many of their departments.

There is an old saying that “There is strength in numbers”. Maybe it’s time to consider coming up with a HBCU University national university system like some states do..Ex: University of N.C. @ chapel hill,pembroke,Fayettville, etc. Some of these universities can maybe merge or build franchised universities to become large money making schools like the University of Maryland national and international system.
Even if they started small, they could build a suitable alumni base to develope larger endowments.
Also I noticed that many black alumni refuse to financially support their school once they graduate(Paying to see a football game don’t count). Blacks are under the impression that unless they graduate and “Make it Big”,they play no role in donating to the school alumni section.
When you look at the age of many of these HBCU’s and the many people who have walked down their graduating isles, its a shame these schools dont get more financial support from alumni.

LUNATIK713, this is for you. I agree with what you said as far as the blacks going to white school. How money talks; however I will caution you here. I have coached HS football, and played football in college @ an HBCU. The biggest issue with black schools is we do not coach to the standard of our white counterparts. We do not develop our players to be successful at the next level. We are too busy trying to prove we already know everything, and just allow the kids to do what they do best. We do not film STUDY(not just watch the game), we do not understand the cerebral part of football. All we want to do is play, and win. The bottom line is winning, but sometimes it takes taking a step back in philosophy to move forward. I saw Tiger do it with his golf game, and became even better. As black coaches we take the simplest approach and often times the easiest approach to a solution, and the fix is temporal. When we could or should have done it a little different, maybe taken a little longer but the solution is greater. Think about what I am saying on this one my brother, you do have great points and I am feeling what you are saying, but the main reason we do not get the good black athletes is not just based on money. Be honest the positions that require thinking is QB,OL,MLB,S and those are not coming out of HBCU(go figure).

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I really believe some of you missed the point, this article appears to be referring to academics & the HBCU’s being able to raise capital from other sources other than the tuition fees students pay & the budget the state provides yearly. The issue is not whether atheletes are coming to the black institutions & how well they are coached to go on to the next level. While I do understand that revenue from those activities does help it only goes to financing those departments not the instituion as a whole.

Now I agree all HBCU’s are not strugguling I myself am a alumni of Florida A&M Univ. & was a part of the Marching 100 & I can say this from attending an HBCU it was the best time of my life you learned how to truly survive on less & I was able to see the age old theory about the White schools having more & better facilities Florida State is just across the way from FAMU & anyone that attended the Hill in Tally Ho can identify with this they had money & it appeared we didn’t. However let me shame us for just a sec. because it was mentioned how we as alumni do not support our Colleges upon graduation. Well the truth about that is this the article is right it is the leadership & some don’t have a clue. Most black students felt mistreated by their own meaning how they got the run around from administration, loosing important records, not getting your financial aid ontime & charging you to re-instate although proper paperwork was done & sent ontime but lazy empolyees failed to do their job. Or not having enough staff on duty to meet the needs of the students, holding up your diploma for fees you paid or didn’t know you had & God forbid you did not keep that almighty receipt does this ring a bell my fellow HBCUans after 4-5yrs of that you only want that degree & move on not to look back unless it is homecoming. Now I am not saying that was everyone’s experience & I know the system isn’t perfect but when leadership is crooked stealing the money misapproprating funds that were donated by alumni. Or just being outright lied too you develop a bad taste about giving back.

Now I was at FAMU during Dr. Fredrick S. Humpheries tunure as president & he went out & found money from other places & attracted white money & students got the law school for FAMU back & had the University under construction for major major improvements & when he had it on cruise control for the next President it all went to hell under him & the interim so leadership is crucial because he led that institution to national recognition in academics & atheletics. We now have it back on track thanks to the strong leadership of Dr. Ammons so again having leadership with a clue & a vision with direction shows what we can do.
I also strongly agree that if we quit taking our talent to the white institutions academics & atheletics as well as stop believing that the quality of your education is inferior then our revenues will go up we will get the big games & TV rights becasue the fans want to see us play

hbcu alumni just dont give back. yes im talking to you. everyone talks about how the schools dont compare to other schools its because they donate mass amounts of money to their school.

for example north caolina A&T (AGGIE PRIDE) and university of north carolina greensboro. two schools in the same city (Greensboro) in close proximity (straight down market street). founded the same year (uncg founded as a all female school). both public and with only a 4000 student undergraduate difference in enrollment. a&t graduates generally make more than uncg graduates after graduation. please tell me why nc a&t endowment is $13 000 000 while uncg is $183 000 000. SAD!!!

when what is said to be the greatest homecoming on earth comes around and 22000 aggies come back how do they show their face knowing they havent given a damn thing back.