"When asked, on numerous occasions, what does it mean to attend an HBCU, I usually respond with: "The odds are in your favor.' One thing you'll begin to realize once you set foot into that first classroom is that you have no excuses for failure. Since most of my classmates and professors were black, I knew I was going to get a fair chance. Another benefit of attending an HBCU is the fact that most HBCUs have low student-to-faculty ratios, which means if you want to try sitting in the front of the class for a change, chances are you can. The odds are in your favor."
| A quote from William R. Moss III, a recent HBCU graduate and co-founder of HBCU-Central.Com, an online information clearinghouse, in Bill Maxwell's St. Petersburg Times article "'We're in this struggle together'"
posted in articles on September 22, 2003 10:45 PM | t (0)
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