Took my daughter to visit this campus. There were so many black students it felt welcoming, currently kennesaw is about 27% black student enrollment. In California you will rarely see a university with more than 5% black students. Sorry to hear this and hope they continue to make progress with race relations. We really liked the campus
100% doesn’t surprise me. My secrete Kennesaw State University (KSU) Insider Info: I graduated KSU in 2011 and have been working at KSU since. I hit tenure & am about to quit. Colleges/Universities & degrees are mostly scams. Unless you know unequivocally that you want to go into a specialized career field , ex: Doctor, Lawyer, Astronaught, etc., then you really don't need a degree. Roughly, 75% of jobs don't give two shits whether you have a degree or not & in whatever topic. They care about whether you're knowledgeable in the specific field & can do the job well while making them money. A degree requirement is primarily just a way to try to ensure that an applicant has a certain level of intelligence, work ethic, & professionalism. That's all. But what's worse, Colleges/Universities artificially impose degree restrictions for working at those same Colleges/Universities. For example -- You MUST have at least a Master's degree in order to be considered & hired as a Faculty member at KSU. It doesn't matter if you have 35+ years of experience, are universally considered the world's most renowned expert in a specific field or topic, or were personally recommended by the President of the United States. You will NEVER be hired here as a faculty member unless you got that piece of paper proving you "did your time." Lastly, staff employees here are thought of & treated like bottom-of-the-barrel garbage high school-aged trash working part-time jobs. They're overworked, highly scrutinized, underpaid, & unrecognized. Despite doing a majority of the work. Our HR department doesn’t care about what’s best for the employees and their mental/emotional well-being. They only care about protecting the university, it’s assets, and its profits above all else. KSU employees are artificially prevented from being exceptional employees. We’re advised against going above and beyond, doing exceptional work, or try to better the university. That’s not a part of your job description (Hey, they have to show “Growth” somehow in OneUSG. Not like KSU could pay you for these kinds of employees anyway). Furthermore, KSU has no promotional structure. The job you accepted and were hired into is the same exact one you’ll have until the day you die, apply to a different department, or leave. Even * IF * you were to hit tenure, you'd only get 10% of your highest earning salary every year for the rest of your life once you hit retirement age (67). For staff, this is roughly $350 p/ month in retirement benefits. Faculty, on the other hand, are treated like G.D. divine royalty solely because they make colleges/university’s money & earn them prestige. Want to guess what we get when retiring? A cheap paper certificate and a $5 gift card to our university bookstore. …Woohoo… In recent years, under President Pamela Whitten, KSU got rid of numerous essential support departments and significantly cut back on student and employee events and activities. Did I mention her salary was in the $500,000.00’s? Seriously, Don’t go here! Sincerely, a forgotten about and disgruntled employee who KSU wouldn’t bother to give a single F’ about and would probably love to immediately sue into the ground for having any constructive opinion or critique other than an absolutely glowing positive one. - _ -
Same here, I plan on attending KSU next year. I already am having some issues I think are related to micro aggressions at my high school (just moved to Georgia my senior year). Unfortunate to know that I will probably still have to deal with them in college.
Sad but the world we live in has people that have racial biases and will use it to push tou off your rightful place. Happens in corporate, military, school, workplace, etc.
Took my daughter to visit this campus. There were so many black students it felt welcoming, currently kennesaw is about 27% black student enrollment. In California you will rarely see a university with more than 5% black students. Sorry to hear this and hope they continue to make progress with race relations. We really liked the campus
Thanks for posting this report with comments from real students.
100% doesn’t surprise me. My secrete Kennesaw State University (KSU) Insider Info:
I graduated KSU in 2011 and have been working at KSU since. I hit tenure & am about to quit. Colleges/Universities & degrees are mostly scams. Unless you know unequivocally that you want to go into a specialized career field , ex: Doctor, Lawyer, Astronaught, etc., then you really don't need a degree. Roughly, 75% of jobs don't give two shits whether you have a degree or not & in whatever topic. They care about whether you're knowledgeable in the specific field & can do the job well while making them money. A degree requirement is primarily just a way to try to ensure that an applicant has a certain level of intelligence, work ethic, & professionalism. That's all. But what's worse, Colleges/Universities artificially impose degree restrictions for working at those same Colleges/Universities. For example -- You MUST have at least a Master's degree in order to be considered & hired as a Faculty member at KSU. It doesn't matter if you have 35+ years of experience, are universally considered the world's most renowned expert in a specific field or topic, or were personally recommended by the President of the United States. You will NEVER be hired here as a faculty member unless you got that piece of paper proving you "did your time." Lastly, staff employees here are thought of & treated like bottom-of-the-barrel garbage high school-aged trash working part-time jobs. They're overworked, highly scrutinized, underpaid, & unrecognized. Despite doing a majority of the work. Our HR department doesn’t care about what’s best for the employees and their mental/emotional well-being. They only care about protecting the university, it’s assets, and its profits above all else. KSU employees are artificially prevented from being exceptional employees. We’re advised against going above and beyond, doing exceptional work, or try to better the university. That’s not a part of your job description (Hey, they have to show “Growth” somehow in OneUSG. Not like KSU could pay you for these kinds of employees anyway). Furthermore, KSU has no promotional structure. The job you accepted and were hired into is the same exact one you’ll have until the day you die, apply to a different department, or leave. Even * IF * you were to hit tenure, you'd only get 10% of your highest earning salary every year for the rest of your life once you hit retirement age (67). For staff, this is roughly $350 p/ month in retirement benefits. Faculty, on the other hand, are treated like G.D. divine royalty solely because they make colleges/university’s money & earn them prestige. Want to guess what we get when retiring? A cheap paper certificate and a $5 gift card to our university bookstore. …Woohoo… In recent years, under President Pamela Whitten, KSU got rid of numerous essential support departments and significantly cut back on student and employee events and activities. Did I mention her salary was in the $500,000.00’s? Seriously, Don’t go here! Sincerely, a forgotten about and disgruntled employee who KSU wouldn’t bother to give a single F’ about and would probably love to immediately sue into the ground for having any constructive opinion or critique other than an absolutely glowing positive one. - _ -
Thank you for making this it's really important :) Black and thinking about going to KSU...
Same here, I plan on attending KSU next year. I already am having some issues I think are related to micro aggressions at my high school (just moved to Georgia my senior year). Unfortunate to know that I will probably still have to deal with them in college.
They let students carry firearms. Black students better pack heat then
Sad but the world we live in has people that have racial biases and will use it to push tou off your rightful place. Happens in corporate, military, school, workplace, etc.
Im so sick of hearing about this racism! Now did you earn your way or put in their bye the Government?
Wow 😢
This day and time wow it's a shame to have no knowledge on race maybe that's something they should teach at their school very sad