Last year, I posted about how many historically Black colleges are increasingly recruiting Latino students to make up for gradually declining enrollments. With that in mind, it’s probably not surprising to learn that, as the Associated Press/MSNBC reports, as the next step in this process, many historically Black schools are now increasing their recruitment of White students:

White students are being actively recruited, and attracting them has become easier for a variety of reasons, including the offer of scholarships and lower tuitions than those paid at non-black schools. Private, historically black schools cost an average of $10,000 less per year than their traditionally white counterparts, according to the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.

The head of the association says lower costs are not the only thing the schools have to offer. Whites who attend the schools are preparing for an “increasingly black and brown world,” said Lezli Baskerville, the association’s president and CEO. . . . White students say they’ve taken valuable experiences from their time at black colleges. Skin color, the students say, is much more of a factor away from the campuses than it is on them.

“You should get to know people based on who they are,” Roberts said. “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”

As I noted in my earlier posts about more Latinos attending historically Black colleges, I again reiterate my opinion that more Whites attending such schools is a positive and beneficial trend for American society. As many of those quoted in the article above point out, the practical reality is that the world in general and American society in particular is becoming increasingly diverse, multicultural, and globalized and that for Americans to stay ahead in the game of life, they need to be knowledgeable and comfortable in that new racial landscape.

Hopefully the next time I post about this trend, I will note that Asian Americans are the next racial/ethnic group to be drawn to such predominantly Black colleges.