Note: This program originally aired May 1, 2025.
Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in educating generations of Black students. HBCUs have been integral in fostering cultural identity, establishing economic mobility and building pathways to leadership. Today, though, enrollment among Black males at HBCUs is at its lowest level since 1976, according to the American Institute for Boys and Men.
With nearly 30,000 fewer Black male students in a 10-year period from 2010 to 2020, this troubling trend has widespread implications for both the Black community and the higher education community…