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New Study Reveals HBCU Attendance Ties To Better Brain Health Throughout Lifetime
A new study has found a correlation between HBCU attendance and better health benefits and cognition functioning.
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A new study has revealed the long-term health benefits of attending a historically Black college or university.
The study, published in February in Jama Network Open, suggested that students in a culturally affirming academic environment often fare better decades later. According to The Guardian, nearly 2,000 Black adults participated in the study, with 35% of survey respondents attending an HBCU between 1940 and 1980.
A new study has revealed the long-term health benefits of attending a historically Black college or university.
The study, published in February in Jama Network Open, suggested that students in a culturally affirming academic environment often fare better decades later. According to The Guardian, nearly 2,000 Black adults participated in the study, with 35% of survey respondents attending an HBCU between 1940 and 1980.
The study’s findings concluded that where one matriculated through college had a holistic impact on their general well-being. During that 40-year period, significant policy changes shifted academia for all age levels in the United States.
These political frameworks included the 1952 Brown v Board of Education and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Both pieces of legislation transformed racial dynamics in U.S. schools, leaving Black students with more educational options than ever before.
However, these scholastic choices reportedly had varying effects on one’s mental, emotional, and even physical health. The study’s results found that Black students at HBCUs maintained better memory and cognitive function than their Black peers at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).