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Eddie Francis
4 min read
Taking the Emotion Out of the HBCU Relevance Debate
At the center of the HBCU relevance debate is value. Critics point to issues such as fiscal mismanagement, low alumni giving rates, poor fac
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Eddie Francis
4 min read
The New 'In My Feelings' Challenge: The 'HBCU vs. PWI' Debate and Emotional Intellig
There is a larger issue...is that our collective narrative, as African Americans, suffers when we get so deep in our feelings that we chose
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Eddie Francis
3 min read
Diminishing Value: How Public Conflict Hurts the HBCU
Public conflict affects the leadership brands of HBCUs. This is not about individual presidents so much as it is about how the value proposi