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If you were to sit in on a lecture at an average American college, you would likely observe a well-trained professor who is well versed in their respective area of study imparting their expertise to eager pupils. You would notice that the students come from varying cultural backgrounds. You might even notice that certain ages are more prominent in the classroom. One key element of said classroom that you may or may not notice, but would almost certainly be present, is that women in the lecture hall would outnumber men.
There is a decline in the number of men going to college, period.
When America has a cold, Black America has pneumonia.
Walter Kimbrough, Dillard University
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Nelson, M., Scotton, P. (2014). The Crisis: Decreasing Male Enrollment at HBCUs. In: Gasman, M., Commodore, F. (eds) Opportunities and Challenges at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137480415_4
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