Hair Code Part of Strict Dress Doctrine for Hampton University Business Students
HAMPTON, Va.
Afros are okay but cornrows and flowing dreadlocks are not for business administration students at Hampton University.
The hair code is part of a strict academic and dress doctrine for combined business administration students at the private, historically Black university. The program allows students to receive a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in business administration in five years.
In addition to the hair rules, students must maintain a B average after their sophomore year, heed a conservative dress code, complete two internships and meet regularly with business leaders.
“We don’t have problems with Afros,” business Dean Sid Credle said last week. “A nicely tapered Afro — that’s fine.”
Credle said the dress, grooming and behavior rules are intended to prepare students for the starched business world.
