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Download full textHegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2017
Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are institutions of higher education that serve high concentrations of minority students who, historically, have been underrepresented in higher education. Many MSIs have faced challenges in securing adequate financial support, thus affecting their ability to develop and enhance their academic offerings and…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Students, Minority Group Students, Educational Legislation
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Title III of the Higher Education Act was designed to strengthen small institutions with weak financial bases. Some contend, however, that the lawmakers who conceived the program intended the money to go only to historically Black colleges and universities. (MLW)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Competition, Developing Institutions, Eligibility
Point of View, 1986
The Black College Act rewrites Title III specifically to strengthen historically black colleges and universities. The act does the following: (1) establishes direct 10-year grant, facilities, equipment, and instruction and assistance programs; (2) authorizes monies to help small schools build endowments; and (3) aids "priority…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Institutions, Blacks, Colleges
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
At Dillard University (Louisiana), federal financial support enables the university to make fledgling programs solid. The programs are supported by the Education Department's program for "developing institutions," known as Title III after the part of the Higher Education Act that authorizes them. (MLW)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Developing Institutions, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Pemberton, S. Macpherson – 1977
Problems with the definition of "developing institutions" in Title III of the Higher Education Act are discussed. After a historical perspective of the concept and the ways in which the term has been applied, the paper offers some possible definitive factors. Consideration is also given to stages of development in general and to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Definitions, Developing Institutions, Educational Improvement
Olagunju, Amos O. – 1981
A seven-year master plan for Barber-Scotia College, which was needed to substantiate requests for federal grants for Strengthening Developing Institutions (SDIP) under the Title III program, is described. An outline for developing a long-range plan is also presented that features: college role, admission policies, enrollment, student recruitment,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Administration, College Desegregation, College Planning
Jacobs, Frederic; Tingley, Tyler – 1977
Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 has become the largest direct institutional-aid program for colleges and universities in the federal budget. Its legislative history is traced in this report along with the evolution of criteria for eligibility and award of these funds. Cited are the debates about the program, which was originally…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Policy, Bibliographies, Black Colleges
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
The Strengthening Developing Institutions of Higher Education Program--under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965--is evaluated. The program is intended to assist institutions struggling for survival and isolated from the main currents of academic life. More than 800 institutions had participated in this Office of Education (OE) program…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Change Strategies, Developing Institutions, Educational Improvement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The text of federal oversight hearings on Title III of the Institutional Aid Program is presented. Statements by various college administrators, higher education association representatives, and state legislators are included. The proposed regulations were issued pursuant to Title III of the Education Amendments of 1980. In addition to clarifying…
Descriptors: Accountability, Black Colleges, Community Colleges, Developing Institutions
Kirschner, Alan H. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
This paper puts in historical perspective and reviews current policy issues unique to private, historically black college. Their historical traditions and mission of service, the paper notes black private colleges currently enroll about 17 percent of blacks in higher education and award more than one-third of baccalaureate degrees earned by…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Alumni, Black Colleges, Church Related Colleges
