Howard University is concluding the broadest academic review in its 143-year history, the Washington Post reports. The Washington, D.C., institution is hoping to shed weak programs and bolster stronger ones.

Competition for America’s top black scholars is “increasingly fierce,” the newspaper reports. So like some other HBCUs, Howard I having to reassess.

With roughly 10,500 students, it offers 171 academic programs. Among the undergraduate programs proposed for cuts: philosophy, anthropology, the classics -- even African studies, the Post says.

QUESTION: Did you attend an HBCU? Tell us what made the experience special. Is it time to consider consolidating some of our weaker schools? Would you agree to see yours consolidated?

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