Among North Carolina's 11 Black colleges and universities, it is possible to see them as a representative sample of the 105 institutions that make up the historically Black college and university community in the United States. While leaders at the state's HBCUs express optimism over the potential they envision their individual campuses…

At Huston-Tillotson, Hispanic students, most of whom are Mexican Americans, account for 10 percent of the undergraduate student body population. That figure gives Huston-Tillotson one of the highest percentages of Hispanic student enrollment among historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Hispanics are one of the fastest growing groups…