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This paper explores the effectiveness of African Americans students G.P.A. while in attendance at HBCUs. Despite widely ranging methods, data sources, and professional disciplines, theories and analyses scholars have stated that HBCUs make a distinctive contribution in improving African Americans G.P.A (RHE96). HBCU is an acronym for Historically Black Colleges and Universities that existed before 1964 with historic missions with an emphasis on educating African Americans (ed.gov07). Experts found that African American students who attended HBCUs regularly before the 70’s G.P.A might have been better and they were more likely to graduate when compared to white institutions (RHE96).
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But for a student that is already facing adversities such as an African American student it is a must for them to have family support in order to maintain their sanity while facing the pressure of improving and maintaining their G.P. A. in school. Harper and Gasman in (2008) said that parietal restraints might contribute to the student’s frustration and possibly their departure from school.
Also Commissioner Kiirsanow stated that there is a greater need for financial aid among African American students at HBCUs .In comparison to white students at predominantly white schools 84% of African American students at HBCUs compared to the 55% of white students requires financial aid to attend college (Kirsanow06). "HBCUs have always been in a situation where a lot of them have had to struggle. A lot of that had to do was inequitable findings," Gasman (13).

Summary
HBCUs appear to be more cost –effective in improving the G.P.A of African American students in spite of the lack of poorer academic and financial resources (Kim02). Although the percentage of African Americans that are educated at HBCUs has decreased by 20%, students have better relationships with faculty and staff that makes them aspires to improve their G.P.A in order to advance (UDE05). Also HBCUs have played and still plays a viable role in educating and producing scholarly African

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