{"id":16317,"date":"2025-03-30T11:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T11:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-black-colleges-a-stubborn-gender-enrollment-gap-keeps-growing\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T11:14:17","slug":"at-black-colleges-a-stubborn-gender-enrollment-gap-keeps-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-black-colleges-a-stubborn-gender-enrollment-gap-keeps-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before stepping foot on Howard University\u2019s campus, Skylar Wilson knew she would see more women there than men. But just how many more stunned her: Howard, one of the most elite historically Black colleges and universities in the nation, is only 25 percent men \u2014 19 percent Black men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI was like, \u2018Wow,\u2019\u201d said Ms. Wilson, a 20-year-old junior. \u201cHow is that possible?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Howard is not unique. The number of Black men attending four-year colleges has plummeted across the board. And nowhere is this deficit more pronounced than at historically Black colleges and universities, or H.B.C.U.s. Black men account for 26 percent of the students at H.B.C.U.s, down from an already low 38 percent in 1976, according to the American Institute for Boys and Men. There are now about as many non-Black students attending H.B.C.U.s as there are Black men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The decline has profound implications for economic mobility, family formation and wealth generation. Raj Chetty, a Harvard economist who uses large data sets to study economic opportunity, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/opportunityinsights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/race_summary.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has found that the income gap<\/a> between America\u2019s Black and white populations is entirely driven by differences in men\u2019s economic circumstances, not women\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The causes are many. Higher college costs, the immediate financial needs of Black families, high suspension rates in high school and a barrage of negative messages about academic potential all play roles in the decline of Black male enrollment and college completion. Howard estimates that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/financialservices.howard.edu\/tuition-fees\/tuition-faqs\/cost-attendance\/2022-2023-estimated-cost-attendance\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">its cost of attendance for undergraduates<\/a> easily exceeds $50,000 a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf we are serious about reducing race gaps in economic opportunity, household wealth, et cetera, then our attention should be squarely focused on economic outcomes for Black boys and men \u2014 period. Full stop,\u201d said Richard Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But now programs designed to nurture Black academic achievement <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/nyregion\/trump-dei-executive-orders-schools.html\" title=\"\">may be dismantled by the Trump administration<\/a>, which deems them \u201cracist\u201d diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Cultural centers, mentorship programs, work force recruitment activities and scholarship programs are all threatened by the White House\u2019s promise to cut funding to universities that do not eliminate what it calls racial preferences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, Mr. Trump asked the Supreme Court to allow him to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-supreme-court-teacher-grants.html\" title=\"\">terminate<\/a> more than $600 million in teacher training grants, which would decimate two of the Education Department\u2019s largest professional development programs. Both were designed to place teachers in underserved schools and diversify the educational work force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a perpetuating cycle,\u201d said Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, chief executive of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. \u201cIf you don\u2019t see other Black male educators, then it\u2019s hard for you to see yourself in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services targeted California medical schools for maintaining what Trump administration officials called \u201cdiscriminatory race-based admissions,\u201d though bolstering the number of Black doctors has long been a goal of the medical establishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPut simply, educational institutions may neither separate or segregate students based on race, nor distribute benefits or burdens based on race,\u201d Craig Trainor, the Education Department\u2019s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, wrote in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/17\/us\/politics\/education-dept-race-based-programs.html\" title=\"\">memo to universities in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Black educators say burdens are already distributed unfairly. Society undermines Black men\u2019s belief in their own potential, starting from early education and continuing through professional development, said Dr. Derrick Brooms, executive director of the Black Men\u2019s Research Institute at Morehouse College, an elite, all-male H.B.C.U. in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Colleges like Howard may be the starkest of manifestations. Payton Garcia, a Howard sophomore, recalled being one of three men in his introduction to philosophy class, which has about 30 students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe did a Cuba trip,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI was the only male that was in the class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Recent shifts in higher education, driven in part by conservative policies in Washington, have wrought large changes in predominantly Black colleges, positive and negative. The Supreme Court\u2019s ban on race-based college admissions drove up interest in some H.B.C.U.s and strengthened the application pool overall, Dr. Brooms said. But he\u2019s still concerned about the long-term trend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Brooms said at this point, Morehouse may have to re-evaluate its recruitment strategy, including looking abroad: \u201cPerhaps there may be some Black men in Canada who may want to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On campuses like Howard\u2019s, the gender disparity is understood. Women run the place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverybody knows that the women dominate this campus,\u201d said Tamarus Darby Jr., a 20-year-old sophomore at Howard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou see predominantly women out here running for positions, and then you see their friends, young women, showing up for them and supporting them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s different for the men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to students and faculty at Howard, Black male students can have a difficult time finding both themselves and a community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One night last October, young men gathered in small groups on the Howard yard and wrote down what they were most afraid of \u2014 \u201cI have a fear of failure,\u201d said Joshua Hughes, a senior who led the \u201cburning of the fears\u201d that night. \u201cI have a fear of letting my family down. I have a fear of not living up to my full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some read their fears aloud before tossing their writings into a giant firepit as a drum line banged African djembes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2019, Calvin Hadley, then a senior adviser to Howard\u2019s president, was asked how Howard could better engage men on campus. He put together a survey of students, faculty and staff, and then hosted several barbershop listening sessions. Something clicked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe had these very detailed, emotional conversations around manhood, around masculinity, around relationships,\u201d said Mr. Hadley, now Howard\u2019s assistant provost for academic partnerships and student engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Male fears can work against college attendance, students said. Fears of failure may deter Black men from higher education, even as fears of letting their families down drive them prematurely into the work force, before their earning potential can be reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Darby said many of his friends didn\u2019t have parents or family who attended college, or they thought the costs were prohibitive. \u201cSo they were trying to find those other avenues to make money and to be successful, not thinking that college was the number one thing that was going to get you there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a middle schooler, Jerrain Holmes, a 20-year-old sophomore, recalled thinking: \u201cCollege? What is college?\u201d He added, \u201cI knew I just wanted a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in his Detroit-area high school, he enrolled in a college readiness program, and it made all the difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAs a general proposition, young men are arriving on college campuses less skilled academically than women,\u201d Mr. Reeves said. \u201cThat\u2019s even more true of men of color, Black men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That leads to problems of completion, which are at least as significant as declining enrollment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The first year of college is crucial for male retention, and a lack of services can lead young men to feel isolated or that they don\u2019t belong, Dr. Brooms said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you can show you can keep people, that folks can persist to graduation, that becomes a recruitment tool itself,\u201d said Dr. Brooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On a recent warm, breezy spring day on campus, Howard students laid on blankets, chatting. Some set up tables to sell merchandise, displaying the famed entrepreneurial \u201cHoward hustle.\u201d Others campaigned for student senate or royal court. The gender disparity was on the minds of the students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Christian Bernard, a 22-year-old senior from affluent Potomac, Md., is a third-generation legacy student. He was on the yard selling items from his clothing brand, emblazoned with the slogan \u201cWorth It.\u201d He started the brand amid the turmoil and grief of June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the swell of Black Lives Matter demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He chose Howard for its soccer program and his family ties. Before injuries derailed his athletic career, he made strong friendships with his teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of male camaraderie here at Howard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those studying the challenges that young Black men face are careful to avoid a battle of the sexes. Women have faced historical challenges of their own. Some people perceive female gains as a threat to men in a zero-sum battle for resources and power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Reeves said that is a mistake, particularly when it comes to family formation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Asking the young men on campus how the gender gap affects dating will draw a sheepish grin. They understand their advantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Young women are thinking about it too. \u201cThose ratios,\u201d said Nevaeh Fincher, a sophomore, can be \u201crough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA lot of the boys feel like they\u2019ve got options,\u201d Ms. Fincher said, \u201cwhich, if we\u2019re being honest, they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lack of college-educated Black men could change family structures and bread winning patterns, placing more financial burdens on Black women. College-educated Black women already have higher lifetime earnings than college-educated white women because they work more years over the course of their lives, despite lower annual earnings, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascityfed.org\/Economic%20Review\/documents\/9276\/EconomicReviewV108N1GloverMustredelRioPollard.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to the Kansas City Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For young women who care about the future of Black America, in general, all of this is alarming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe see a lot of school programs and districts that are giving up on students and giving up on Black men before they even give them a chance,\u201d said Ms. Wilson. She\u2019s seen it in the male students she mentors, who say their teachers don\u2019t offer much encouragement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey expect them to be bad,\u201d she said. \u201cThey expect them to be problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/30\/us\/black-men.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before stepping foot on Howard University\u2019s campus, Skylar Wilson knew she would see more women there than men. 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