The 50 Best Colleges for African-Americans

Ole Miss isn't on here?

More sit-ins at Woolworth"s is needed in Oxford.
 
spandex said:
Will this type of publicity, together with Atlanta being ranked the best city for African-Americans, help in recruiting?
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Spandex, it already helps recruiting the guys actually interested in building a future for themselves outside of football. Unfortunately, the percentage that value this very highly is small.

Be realistic, which is more attractive to a teenager, the promise of a good future through hard work and education, or the promise of being "the man" at football factory X, with images of you highlighted on espn flashing through your head?

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odw said:
Spandex, it already helps recruiting the guys actually interested in building a future for themselves outside of football. Unfortunately, the percentage that value this very highly is small.
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Good points. I was hoping that the increased positive exposure would help us tip the scale for a couple of recruits that we wanted., But, as you pointed out, it may have already been working for some of the players whom we do have.

odw said:
Be realistic, which is more attractive to a teenager, the promise of a good future through hard work and education, or the promise of being "the man" at football factory X, with images of you highlighted on espn flashing through your head?
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I agree with this. We will never be awash with four- and five-star players. I was thinking less about us competing with Alabama and more about us competing with Stanford or ND.
 
gtleviathan said:
Jackson State one place in front of Johns Hopkins. Seems legit.
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If you look at the criteria, only 1/3 is based on potential future earnings. The other two thirds are affordability and size of the black student population. A low cost HBCU will place well on this list regardless of quality of education and career opportunities.

Surprised how low Howard placed, and no Morehouse?
 
I wonder why having a ranking "for African-Americans" isn't considered "racist" for lumping them all together.

I am sure the differences between an academic high achiever, a football player who can barely read, and the typical aspiring affirmative action slot filler are all overshadowed by their race.

I know that is exactly what I did in high school - looked at the white dregs of the class and thought, "What's the best school for all of us?"
 
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