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Dean Anderson Quoted in Forbes Article on HBCUs

by communications@education.illinois.edu (Communications Office) / Oct 30, 2019

HBCUs have maintained their positive institutional identities. They understand that to be well-educated means more than narrow vocational focus. Dr. James D. Anderson, dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and leading historian of HBCUs, told me that during his time at Stillman College, students were expected to master the literary arts regardless of their particular major.

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