<p>“The policy also bans wearing hats in buildings, pajamas in public, do-rags, sagging pants, sunglasses in class and walking barefoot on campus.”</p>
<p>In thinking about what Morehouse is doing, it makes sense to me. Many students there are first generation college, and grew up in communities in which grills, sagging pants, etc. are widely worn. Such students and don’t know what’s appropriate attire for professional settings. Consequently, it’s appropriate for Morehouse to teach the students about professional attire and behavior.</p>
<p>While my kids wouldn’t have chosen to attend a college with such restrictive dress codes (Younger S stopped considering one college when he learned that once a week, students in the honors program were required to wear suits), my kids also wouldn’t have chosen to attend a college in which students wearing grills, sagging pants, etc. were rampant.</p>
<p>Indeed, once younger S and I were driving through such a campus, and when I asked S if he’d consider applying there, he gestured at a student who was walking around with his pants belted below his butt, and S said, “No way!”</p>