FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) More students are attending HBCUs. That s according to a study conducted by the Stanford University Center for Education Policy Analysis, which links a twenty percent increase in new student enrollment at HBCU s to the national, social and political climate, as well as increased hate crimes.
For freshmen student Maya Martin, selecting Fayetteville State University felt like an extension of life at home family atmosphere where she s comfortable being herself and on a college campus where she doesn t have to worry about feeling invisible. You don t want to be in an environment where you have to constantly defend your Blackness and defend the wrongs made against us, said Martin.