but student services vice president jeanie wilson says that can be tough when students enter college feeling like outsiders. >> and so you have this sense sometimes of imposter syndrome where you can feel like maybe i don't belong here. but you do. and so events like this help us to be able to surround students with love. >> reporter: at a roundtable discussion, students and parents evaluated the current state of education. sandra james said the approach seemed more human when she was in school than what is happening today. >> the focus is so heavily driven on the academics and competitive nature, so the student loses the connection with other students, even the connection with teachers. >> reporter: and there isn't a loot of black representation in the teacher ranks as well. t. gertrude jenkins, who heads up the college's african american scholars program, says that was actually an unintended consequence of school desegregation in the 1970s. >> when schools integrated, you had black students that went into integrated spaces, but nobody wanted black teachers. a lot of those people lo

but student services vice president jeanie wilson says that can be tough when students enter college feeling like outsiders. >> and so you have this sense sometimes of imposter syndrome where you can feel like maybe i don't belong here. but you do. and so events like this help us to be able to surround students with love. >> reporter: at a roundtable discussion, students and parents evaluated the current state of education. sandra james said the approach seemed more human when she was in school than what is happening today. >> the focus is so heavily driven on the academics and the competitive nature. so the student loses the connection with other students, even the connection with teachers. >> reporter: and there isn't a lot of black representation in the teacher ranks as well. t. gertrude jenkins, who heads up the college's african american scholars program, says that was actually an unintended consequence of school desegregation in the 1970s. >> when schools integrated, you had black students who went into integrated spaces, but nobody wanted black teachers. nobody wanted black sc

but jeanie wilson says that can be tough when students enter college feeling like outsiders. >> and soave this sense sometimes of imposter syndrome, where you can feel like maybe i don't belong here, but you do. and so events like this help us to be able to surround students with love. >> reporter: at a roundtable discussion, students and parents evaluated the current state of education. sandra james said the approach seemed more human when she was in school than what is happening today. >> the focus is so heavily driven on the academics and the competitive nature. so the student loses the connection with other students, even to this connection with teachers. >> reporter: and there isn't a lot of black representation in the teacher ranks as well. t. gertrude jenkins, who heads up the african american scholars program, says that was an unintended consequence of school desegregation in the 1970s. >> you had black students who went into integrated spaces, but nobody wanted black teachers, school leaders. they lost their jobs. so what used to be the highest number of black professionals we