Are non-HBCU schools affecting diversity in the tech fields?
What I’ve observed is that overall there’s a flattening of the output of students overall. You’re seeing a lot of growth in the Hispanic community, but because of the recent University of Michigan court rulings [when the Supreme Court ruled that colleges could favor minority students in admissions], there’s been a decline of minority students coming in overall. So there are increases in one place and decreases in another, but that’s very dynamic and may change. We all need to do more on the majority side. What you have is an increase in white females, but you also have the possibility for an increase in African Americans and Hispanics that needs to be cultivated. But that pool will soon not be as great because of K-12 pipeline issues. We’re finding that population-wise there are more [students coming in], but the preparedness of that population is less. Do HBCUs have a higher success rate in graduating tech students than majority schools? We do. At Howard, we’re getting two out of thre
