...I had crunched the numbers, comparing top-tier versus bottom-tier schools for national universities, national liberal arts schools, Southern master’s and Southern baccalaureate colleges and universities. I used the South since that is where we find most HBCUs. I went armed to ask Mr. Kelly why his methodology promotes discrimination against groups which make up a significant portion of America.
When recognized, I asked:
The top half of the top-tier national schools have one-third the total of low income students, one-fifth the total of Black students, and one-tenth the total of non-traditional students of bottom tier schools. Since Black, poor and non-traditional students generally have lower SAT scores, are retained and graduate at lower levels than White, affluent and traditional students, aren’t you rewarding those, with few exceptions, that enroll a minimum number of students from these groups while penalizing those of us who serve these students?
