#HBCUs #HowardUniversity #Labor Reflections on the recent faculty threats to strike at Howard University and the broader experience of faculty at HBCUs and Black faculty and PWIs. SHOW NOTES: Full Shows:The Remix Morning Showhttps://youtu.be/cOWsxz0Ah5k Amina, Netflix and African Womenhttps://youtu.be/RtQxeiM5RAI Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in…
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If you attended a historically Black college or university, you’ve heard it all before. HBCU students spend their refund checks on Jordan’s, crab legs and haircuts. Non-Black students only go to HBCUs for the free tuition. HBCU presidents routinely run budget deficits by making bad financial decisions. HBCU alumni refuse to give back to their…
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The HBCUs: Not A Different World Project (NADW) “Dr. Ball, your problem is that you want to create new knowledge. We don’t do that here… your job is to produce menial laborers for the communications industry.” These were the verbatim words spoken to me during a more than 2-hour discussion with a former high-ranking HBCU…
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