Walk on any college campus today and look around. You’ll see classrooms filled with energy, student centers buzzing with life, and young adults grinding toward their futures. But look closely, and you’ll notice something missing—Black men. Our presence isn’t just low… it’s shrinking. Fast.

Right now, Black men make up only about 4.6 percent of all college students in America. In a nation of 19 million students, we’re barely visible. And even at our celebrated HBCUs—institutions built by us and for us—the picture isn’t brighter. Black male enrollment at HBCUs has dropped roughly 25 percent since 2010. That’s not just a dip. That’s a full-blown crisis.

Every brother missing from campus represents one less potential graduate, one less high-earning household, one less leader pouring back int

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