{"id":6429,"date":"2022-12-05T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ele.local\/?p=6429"},"modified":"2022-12-05T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:57:23","slug":"what-predominantly-white-institutions-can-learn-from-tribal-colleges-and-universities-and-hbcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/blog\/what-predominantly-white-institutions-can-learn-from-tribal-colleges-and-universities-and-hbcus\/","title":{"rendered":"What Predominantly White Institutions Can Learn from Tribal Colleges and Universities and HBCUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aajahne Seeney is a first-year elementary education major and Spanish minor who dreams of starting her own early childhood center. She says a historically Black college or university (HBCU) wasn\u2019t always in her plans, but now that she\u2019s at one \u2014 Delaware State University \u2014 she says, \u201cIf I had gone to a PWI [predominantly white institution], I would have faced more barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeney treasures the bonds she has formed with Black faculty who have experience in her chosen field. \u201cThe professor of my child development class focused a lot on identity,\u201d she says. \u201cShe talked about experiences she went through as a child, and we could relate. We were laughing in the classroom, and we shared our experiences. She shared how her background made her a better teacher, and she’s talking to future teachers. That was the class I learned the most in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeney says the comfort she feels at an HBCU extends to her experience with white faculty. \u201cThey have a certain bond,\u201d she explains. \u201cTrust is a big part of teacher-student relationships that I don’t feel like you’re necessarily getting if you’re at a PWI and you’re a Black student. White professors may feel like they can’t relate, but at my school they can relate.\u201d<\/p>\n