Rate this HBCU Day 42: Lincoln University (PA)

[DrBanneker]

We last covered the small Simmons College of Kentucky which received an average score of 4.4

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Today we go to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (not to be confused with the Lincoln University HBCU in Missouri). One of the two oldest HBCUs, the other being PA's Cheyney University, Lincoln University has produced many prominent leaders in the Black American and post-colonial African community.

While its stature may seem less now, it was once one of the most important HBCUs creating many early Black scientists who became noted firsts and went on to establish science departments at HBCUs, prominent civil rights leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, and many of the African leaders who sought higher education denied to them in colonial or apartheid Africa including the future first presidents of Ghana and Nigeria.

Lincoln University was also once a go to university for dignitaries including two US presidents who delivered commencement addresses (Robert Taft and Warren G. Harding) and Albert Einstein who taught a class among others.

Its roots go back to before the Civil War in 1854. Started as the Ashmun institute by John Miller dikkey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker. Its original intention was to train Black missionaries to be sent to Africa. The founders were ardent members of the American Colonization Society which sought to solve the contradictions of slavery by sending freed slaves back to Africa in part to "civillize" it an bring it Christianity.

The school was renamed Lincoln University in 1866 after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. After the Civil War, with colonization a moot point, it shifted towards a more traditional college. It briefly had one of the only medical schools for Blacks though it didn't last. It began adding more programs though becoming a world renowned college for Blacks. In the early 20th century when Morehouse and Spelman were relatively minor and Hampton was still mostly vocational, it rivaled Howard as far as liberal arts universities went.

Albert Einstein's 1946 visit to Lincoln University

Founded: 1854 (2nd oldest HBCU)

City, State: Lincoln University, PA (near Oxford, PA)

Type: 4-year, Public

Nickname: Lions

Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 1,916 (1,767 undergraduate), 93% Black

Part-time student percentage: 6%

First Generation Student Percentage: 39%

Percentage of students from households under $30k/over $100k: 47% / 8%

Out of State Percentage: 55%

Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13:1

Admissions Acceptance Rate: 80%

4-yr/6-yr graduation rates: 32% / 49%

Transfer out rate: 29%

Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 34% male/ 66% female (1.9:1)

Tuition: In-state: $12k, Out-of-state: $19k

Median Federal Debt After Graduation: $29k

Median Parent PLUS Loans After Graduation: $28k

Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $39k

Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Criminal Justice: $44k, Information Systems: $43k, Business Administration: $37k

Top Majors by Degrees:
Health Sciences, Human Services, Business Administration, Biology, Digital Communication, Criminal Justice, Information Systems

Endowment: $50-60M including $20M from Mackenzie Scott

Alumni Engagement: 5% pf alumni give back

Athletic Conference: CIAA and ECAC (NCAA Div II)

Mascot: Lion

Main Campus

Lincoln Hall

Student Union

LU Athletics Stadium

Manuel Rivero Gymnasium

Orange Crush Roaring Lions Marching Band

Cheerleaders

Krush Groove Dance Line

Miss Lincoln University

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[DrBanneker]

Notable Alumni:

Thurgood Marshall - First Black justice on the Supreme Court and Brown v. Board lawyer

Langston Hughes - poet

Kwame Nkrumah - Independence activist and first president of Ghana

Nnamdi Azikiwe - first president of Nigeria

Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila - current Prime Minister of Namibia

Julius Taylor - physicist and established the Morgan State physics department

James Farmer - founder of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Gil Scott-Heron - singer

 

[Leasy]

10 easily. I have multiple family members who are alum.

 

[Blankthawtz]

LU.....LINCOLN PRIIIIIDE!.....



I haven't been back on campus in years but its good to see they upkept and added new activities and programs.....got me reminiscing runnin around campus late night....messin with several chicks in different dorms at the same time....I wonder if the rec room is still there...thats where I learned how to shark at pool....

made some great relations with dope professors there....thinkin bout goin back soon to show my kids where I graduated....and obviously i'm voting a 10 rating....

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Those notable alumni

 

[get these nets]

Those notable alumni

Yeah, it's a stacked list. Langston Hughes didn't even make the final cut

 

[get these nets]

Great series.
Great entry for Lincoln.
Solid numbers.
Even though I knew he went to Lincoln for undergrad, I associate Justice Marshall with Howard. As you detailed, both schools produced/produce prominent and accomplished graduates. The legal victories lead by Marshal would have definitely raised the profile of Howard in general, and their Law School.
That African student to HBCU pipeline is deep and legendary at Lincoln.

 

[DropTopDoc]

I feel like they don’t get talked about enough, i know it’s got to be some tough Philly Jawns in that Bih

 

[DrBanneker]

I feel like they don’t get talked about enough, i know it’s got to be some tough Philly Jawns in that Bih

I been on their campus, they're alright

 

[DrBanneker]

Yeah, it's a stacked list. Langston Hughes didn't even make the final cut

Yeah that was actually a miss on my part, let me throw him up now.

 

[GoFlipAPack]

Been there once and that was gor my pops graduation. Got his Masters in Public Health

 

[Human Torch]

Know some good folks that went there. Lincoln good in my book.

 

[get these nets]

 

[get these nets]

Lincoln University grads now have a new path to nursing careers after the HBCU’s nursing program closed last spring​

The agreement creates a path for Lincoln grads to complete a nursing degree in four semesters at the Community College of Philadelphia.

Brenda A. Allen (left), president of Lincoln University, and Donald Guy Generals, president of the Community College of Philadelphia, signing a partnership agreement to create a pathway for Lincoln grads into CCP's accelerated nursing program.

Apr. 1, 2024

Lincoln University students pursuing a career in nursing can advance after graduation to a 15-month program at the Community College of Philadelphia through a new partnership between the institutions.
Lincoln, a historically Black university in Chester County, shut down its nursing program last spring due to poor performance by its graduates on the licensing exam for registered nurses. Lincoln was the only HBCU with a nursing program in Pennsylvania.
A new agreement signed Monday provides Lincoln students with new route to a nursing career. Lincoln students interested in nursing will complete their science requirement and one math course as part of their four-year bachelor’s degree.

Upon graduating, they will matriculate to CCP, where they will be able to obtain an associates in the science of nursing in four additional semesters. The degree qualifies graduates to take the registered nurses’ licensure exam, or NCLEX.
CCP offers a number of health-related professional programs at its main campus on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, including nursing courses for first-time students and those who already completed a four-year degree.
Both schools are will offer advising to students throughout the process.
Lincoln president Brenda Allen compared the partnership to the traditional path toward medical school. Students get the necessary background in college, and complete their professional training after graduation.

“We’ve done that in premed for 170 years,” Allen said at a signing ceremony at the community college. “Why not think about nursing as also a preprogram?”
Eighty-seven percent of the nearly 130 CCP nursing graduates who took the licensure exam last year passed in their first attempt, according to the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, which regulates nursing programs.

Diversity and affordability​

Last year’s loss of the Lincoln nursing program left a hole in the pipeline of Black nurses, and the new agreement is an effort to plug that hole.
The partnership builds on a longstanding affinity between Lincoln and CCP, which is also a predominantly Black institution, said Donald Guy Generals, CCP’s president.

“We are not an HBCU, but we are kind of kissing cousins,” Generals said jokingly of his institution.
The accelerated nursing program’s affordability appealed to Gaza Tumaini, a Lincoln graduate who is now completing an accelerated associates degree in nursing at CCP.
Tumaini planned to complete the nursing program at Lincoln, but changed majors because the program struggled. Upon graduation, he matriculated at CCP on his own, without the formal partnership. The path represented the most affordable way to fulfill his dream career in nursing.
The partnership between the institutions help future students save more in tuition expenses by allowing them to take most requirements toward their college degree at Lincoln, and then pay tuition for only four extra nursing classes at CCP.
“This agreement will give other compassionate students of color an opportunity to become nurses without taking even more massive amounts of debt,” Tumaini said.