In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education professionals, students, and others in the state of Louisiana on Title III of the Act concerning minority access to higher education and support for historically black colleges. The opening witness was John Childers, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, who described Title III and other titles of the bill relating to educational access for black students. Other witnesses were the following: David Bell, student and President of the Southern University student government association; Charles Brown, student and president of the Xavier University Student Government Association; McArthur Clarke of Dillard University; Samuel Dubois Cook of Dillard University; Edward B. Fort, of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University; Marcellus Grace of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools; Lloyd Hackley of Fayetteville State University; William Moore of Southern University; Joe Page of Grambling State University; Earl Roberson of Carver State Technical College; Myer L. Titus of United Negro College Fund; and Barbara Tucker-Blair of Tuskegee University. The witnesses' prepared statements are included. (JB)