When she was a senior at Modesto High School, Daijah Briley was set to attend Sacramento State. But after taking a tour of historically Black colleges and universities, she decided to attend Clark Atlanta University.
Briley is one of 28 students who have gone on to attend an HBCU after the Modesto City Schools-sponsored tour since the 2022-23 school year.
“It changed my whole life,” Briley said. “As soon as I decided, I started telling everyone, I am going to Clark Atlanta University. Didn’t know how I was going to pay for it, none of that yet. But I had my heart set on [it] and I was going and I told my mom, and she told my village, and we made it happen.”…