One of the stops was Kingsbury High School, which has a Black enrollment of about 53 percent, a Hispanic enrollment of about 16 percent and a White enrollment of nearly 28 percent.
“I’m not sure if kids see UT as one of their first options, because it’s so far away and seems so out of reach,” said Kingsbury principal Terrence Brown, who sends fewer than five students to UT each year.
Crabtree and Bayer said there also may be lingering negative stereotypes about the UT campus.
“The university suffers from older views,” said Crabtree, referring to a former era of racial tension on the college campus. “We’ve had parents express doubts about UT based on some of the pre-Geier stuff.”
Black student enrollment at UT is 10.4 percent, up from 6 percent five years ago.
- Associated Press
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