<p>The</a> Declining Payoff From Black Colleges - NYTimes.com</p>
<p>Worth a read.</p>
<p>Top firms recruit at the top black schools such as Morehouse, Howard and Spelman. Then there is a HUGE gap. So you are good if you go to one of the top ones but going to the others is problematic.</p>
<p>Having met graduates of the business programs at HBCU Florida A&M University, I learned that they were quite competitive candidates for NYC financial industry jobs. I also read of a distinguised alumnae of the undergraduate Physics Department at HBCU Virginia State University whom was admitted to the Ph.D Physics program at Johns Hopkins University. Also a Tennesee State University degree was no bar to an aspiring TV reporter by the name of Winfrey. Early in her career she got a job at a Chicago TV station, obviously a plum position because of the major market. A BILLION times I’ve wondered whatever happened to her. Apparently she’s hasn’t been a reporter for years. That HBCU degree must have been her glass ceiling.</p>
<p>A few exceptions are pretty meaningless. There are many entertainment stars who never set foot on a college campus. Most of Oprah’s staff is very white. Maybe there are four HBCU where big firms recruit but here are not many and 90% of the hiring comes from a very select group of schools. Firms are just as picky with HBCU as they are with other colleges.</p>