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The Future of HBCUs

POSTED: March 20, 2013, 8:30 am

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The victory by North Carolina A & T in the first game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament shines a light on the nation's historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In this November 2012 report from National Public Radio's "Tell Me More," University of Pennsylvania professor Marybeth Gasman and Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough discuss the challenges and opportunities facing HBCU's.





Source: NPR

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