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The Quotable Black Scholar: Ketema Paul on HBCUs in the Recession

August 25th, 2009 by Ajuan Mance

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Morehouse School of Medicine Professor Ketema Paul (center), with two research assistants.

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“HBCUs have survived worse things than this, like the Civil War.”

— Dr. Ketema Paul, in “Why Black Colleges Might Be the Best Bargains,” U.S. News and Worlds Report, February 9, 2009

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Biographical Notes: Dr. Ketema Paul isĀ  Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Morehouse School of Medicine. His research explores the biological factors that impact sleep and wakefulness. Dr. Paul holds a B.S. in Biology fromĀ  Howard University and a Ph.D. in Biology from Georgia State University.


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