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The 32-year enrollment peak Tuskegee University expects this fall arrives alongside a mandatory dress code requiring every student to own a business suit and proper shoes, and barring du-rags, bonnets, and other head coverings in classrooms and cafeterias.
Mark Brown, who became the Alabama HBCU's president two years ago, framed the policy as workforce preparation.
Faculty will be empowered to enforce violations, though the president's message to students did not specify penalties.
What the policy requires The revised Student Handbook mandates that students arrive on campus with a business suit and proper shoes for any business-like meeting.
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