A Word: Back to Black Colleges?
While the vast majority of African American students attend predominantly white institutions \u2013or PWIs\u2013 for college, many Black scholars are giving historically Black colleges and universities a second look.\xa0On today\u2019s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson discusses the issue with Michelle Purdy, an associate professor of education at Washington University at St. Louis. She has studied the intersection of race and education, and is also the author of \u201cTransforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools.\u201d\xa0\n\nGuest: Professor Michelle Purdy\n\nPodcast production by Eric Aaron\n\nYou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices