Maryland’s HBCUs can’t have it all

The efforts of historically black colleges in Baltimore to monopolize academic programs have not considered the impact on students. For example, Morgan State University wants to have the area’s only computer science program, but there are too many computer science students for any one school to provide them all with a satisfactory education (“Maryland HBCU impasse,” Nov. 30).

Moreover, computer science students take courses in other subjects to learn about applying their computer skills. Many of these courses are not taught at Morgan. Commuting to Morgan would be a problem for students in Columbia or Frederick.

Every large metropolitan area in the country has several public colleges that offer popular subjects to accommodate the needs of individual students. If Baltimore has only one college, many students will leave the area to get an education and won’t return after they graduate.

William Rothstein, Baltimore