Moving Upward and Onward: Income Mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

“Over the past few years, a number of researchers have begun to seriously look at mobility, specifically, those colleges and universities that are pathways to people from modest means to achieve the American dream. These studies have highlighted the awesome work of America’s HBCUs, a sector where over two-thirds of students are Pell Grant eligible, but as a sector has been able to achieve the greatest results in terms of mobility to the middle class and beyond. Dillard University has played a significant role in this work, always enrolling a high number of low-income students yet creating a campus culture, which supports them not only through college but leads them on a path to a new level of prosperity for their families.” – Walter Kimbrough, President, Dillard University

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