Which college do you think got the biggest 'A Different World' stimulus package? /* Cast will reunite for 10 city HBCU tour

[GoAggieGo.]

Did it have largest enrollment pre-ADW? If not, which college did it overtake in terms of enrollment?

Good question. Let me do a little research.

 

[Spade]

Howard, Grambling, Spellman, and Morehouse, and Clark Atlanta come to mind.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Stimulus wtf does that mean? No hbcu was like Hillman. It was all fiction and the actual hbcu experience was disappointing comparing it to TV.

Facts.

If there was a school like Hillman — white or black — it would be the greatest school ever next to Bayside High.

 

[DropTopDoc]

the usuals - howard, hampton, spellman, morehouse and probably FAMU

but if i had to name just one i'd say howard

This, Knox college, Lincoln and similar smaller/ less known, were not the benefit of a different world

Ohio State

Don't @ me

What about Hampton?

 

[CoryMack]

Did it have largest enrollment pre-ADW? If not, which college did it overtake in terms of enrollment?

I believe Southern might’ve been the largest HBCU. I know they were for quite a while.

 

[Gator48]

Hillman was based on Hampton University...

 

[jadillac]

Spellman just bc of the name

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Feels like the AUC embraced the different world feel the most.

 

[Roger king]

Howard university is the clear choice here it is the best heavy hitter of the HBCU, its location is also a huge plus, alot of judges, top government officials from biden admin etc go there to give lectures/seminars, i know i have seen biden cabinent secretaries and biden there too, its howard yeah

 

[Smokee Robinson]

All of them benefitted really but probably the well known HBCUs got that extra boost to keep them above the others (Spellman, Morehouse, Hampton and Howard )

 

[get these nets]

I think we have answers in terms of what can be measured. Enrollment. Saw a report about the universities from 1976 to 1994. Full charts of all the schools and what their numbers were at different intervals. So, we have the numbers. Not the % increases.
The interval before ADW aired was 1984. At that time, the school with the largest enrollment in the country was

Spoiler

The University of the District of Columbia at 12,832 .

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Spoiler: Full charts, all schools 76-94

*forgive the tiny size, only way I could keep the format of the charts. You can expand the size

 

[DrBanneker]

I think we have answers in terms of what can be measured. Enrollment. Saw a report about the universities from 1976 to 1994. Full charts of all the schools and what their numbers were at different intervals. So, we have the numbers. Not the % increases.
The interval before ADW aired was 1984. At that time, the school with the largest enrollment in the country was

Spoiler

The University of the District of Columbia at 12,832 .

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Spoiler: Full charts, all schools 76-94

*forgive the tiny size, only way I could keep the format of the charts. You can expand the size

I'm late to this thread but I got the underlying numbers for what @get these nets posted above. Top 40 are below. A lot of schools benefited. Percentage wise some small private schools surged (and probably got saved) by A Different World. Numbers wise, the big state schools bulked up lead by FAMU increasing by almost 5,000 undergrads from 1985 to 1995 followed by NCA&T, Morgan State, Texas Southern and some others (those schools are bolded). The only private college to see a huge enrollment surge was Hampton (in Virginia like Hillman ironically) which jumped almost 2,000 students or 50%.

As stated above UDC was biggest and then shrank a lot---down 20% over those ten years to just over 9,000.

The 2-Year schools are shown in the next post and they had HUGE increases. Not sure if this was due to ADW or funding.

The most prestigious schools (with the exception of Hampton which went up 50%) didn't increase that much. Morehouse/Spelman only increased about 15% and Howard actually grew a bunch 1985-1990 and then shrunk 1990-1995. Not sure why

Black college enrollment increased only 15% from 1985-1995 so the effect isn't just more Black kids going to college.

Ranked by 1985-95 % increase; bolded are highest numerical increases

Institution Name	1985 Enrollment	1990 Enrollment	1995 Enrollment	1985-90	1990-95	1985-95	1985-1995 Total Student Increase
Paul Quinn College	342	997	799	191.5%	-19.9%	133.6%	457
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	1193	1925	2610	61.4%	35.6%	118.8%	1,417
Miles College	517	584	1122	13.0%	92.1%	117.0%	605
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	4662	7915	9352	69.8%	18.2%	100.6%	4,690
Bowie State University	1847	2879	3423	55.9%	18.9%	85.3%	1,576
Langston University	1906	2753	3416	44.4%	24.1%	79.2%	1,510
Savannah State University	1863	2213	3191	18.8%	44.2%	71.3%	1,328
Philander Smith College	565	594	956	5.1%	60.9%	69.2%	391
Clinton College	72	88	120	22.2%	36.4%	66.7%	48
Xavier University of Louisiana	1767	2624	2940	48.5%	12.0%	66.4%	1,173
Morgan State University	3385	4163	5601	23.0%	34.5%	65.5%	2,216
Albany State University	1763	2146	2812	21.7%	31.0%	59.5%	1,049
Hampton University	3776	4802	5711	27.2%	18.9%	51.2%	1,935
American Baptist College	147	206	222	40.1%	7.8%	51.0%	75
Talladega College	548	666	786	21.5%	18.0%	43.4%	238
Alabama State University	3286	4178	4705	27.1%	12.6%	43.2%	1,419
Shaw University	1736	1846	2485	6.3%	34.6%	43.1%	749
Fort Valley State University	1701	1933	2431	13.6%	25.8%	42.9%	730
Oakwood University	1141	1266	1626	11.0%	28.4%	42.5%	485
Morris College	597	760	850	27.3%	11.8%	42.4%	253
Coppin State University	2152	2325	3007	8.0%	29.3%	39.7%	855
Delaware State University	2082	2343	2902	12.5%	23.9%	39.4%	820
North Carolina A & T State University	4987	5726	6933	14.8%	21.1%	39.0%	1,946
Arkansas Baptist College	148	291	203	96.6%	-30.2%	37.2%	55
Benedict College	1373	1478	1861	7.6%	25.9%	35.5%	488
Bethune-Cookman University	1781	2341	2402	31.4%	2.6%	34.9%	621
Morehouse College	2160	2720	2889	25.9%	6.2%	33.8%	729
Grambling State University	4582	5896	6110	28.7%	3.6%	33.3%	1,528
Claflin University	760	913	1002	20.1%	9.7%	31.8%	242
Denmark Technical College	642	617	842	-3.9%	36.5%	31.2%	200
Le Moyne-Owen College	951	1066	1247	12.1%	17.0%	31.1%	296
Dillard University	1194	1998	1562	67.3%	-21.8%	30.8%	368
Southern University at New Orleans	2885	3917	3768	35.8%	-3.8%	30.6%	883
Kentucky State University	1919	2419	2505	26.1%	3.6%	30.5%	586
Tougaloo College	782	956	1017	22.3%	6.4%	30.1%	235
Prairie View A & M University	3792	4386	4904	15.7%	11.8%	29.3%	1,112
Elizabeth City State University	1533	1746	1981	13.9%	13.5%	29.2%	448
Voorhees College	612	566	786	-7.5%	38.9%	28.4%	174
Lawson State Community College	1480	1711	1892	15.6%	10.6%	27.8%	412
Texas Southern University	6226	7480	7924	20.1%	5.9%	27.3%	1,698

 

[DrBanneker]

Institution Name	1985 Enrollment	1990 Enrollment	1995 Enrollment	1985-90	1990-95	1985-95	1985-1995 Total Student Increase
Bishop State Community College	1333	2057	4127	54.3%	100.6%	209.6%	2,794
Shelton State Community College	2659	5112	5145	92.3%	0.6%	93.5%	2,486
Gadsden State Community College	3244	5478	5719	68.9%	4.4%	76.3%	2,475
St Philip's College	4618	5204	6507	12.7%	25.0%	40.9%	1,889
Lawson State Community College	1480	1711	1892	15.6%	10.6%	27.8%	412
Denmark Technical College	642	617	842	-3.9%	36.5%	31.2%	200
H Councill Trenholm State Community College	763	783	707	2.6%	-9.7%	-7.3%	-56
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College	778	852	683	9.5%	-19.8%	-12.2%	-95
Coahoma Community College	1352	1351	934	-0.1%	-30.9%	-30.9%	-418

 

[get these nets]

@DrBanneker
Thanks. Forum is starting to glitch again, as I didn't get notification of your reply above.

Sad to see that your Rate HBCU series is nearing the end. Look forward to the better-informed discussions that will take place here in the future.
By laying out the facts and the numbers, that series was able to separate perception from reality. Your breakdown of the numbers, increases, and percentages here did the same thing for this topic.

 

[get these nets]

Howard actually grew a bunch 1985-1990 and then shrunk 1990-1995. Not sure why

There were huge student demonstrations/takeover at Howard U. in 1989. Don't know specifically what it was over. But it made headlines, and likely turned a lot of potential applicants off in the following years.
Might have been partly tied to school not equipped to handle the influx of students that came in post-ADW.

*Coincidentally, one of the natural leaders who emerged during the protests was current Newark mayor Ras Baraka.
Natural businessman Sean Combs...made placards/posters of the newspaper articles/ coverage and sold them as souvenirs of the protest.