J.J. Pryor, a spokesman for Howard, says the university doesn’t plan to join the boycott, but “The university does recommend that the ranking activity become the subject of a more structured dialogue involving academicians and journalists as a prelude to changes that might be required.”
Dr. James T. Minor, an assistant professor of higher education at Michigan State University, agrees that HBCUs should work with U.S. News to improve the selection criteria. The publication should also make an effort to better understand the contributions of HBCUs, such as sending an evaluation team to the campuses to speak to students, faculty and explore the campuses for themselves.
U.S. News, Minor says, “has an enormous responsibility to communicate the value that differentiates colleges and the need for them.”
--Margaret Kamara
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