Statistics suggest that, despite ongoing financial difficulties, the rate of graduation from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is improving, and students of these colleges have higher average wages than similar individuals who did not attend college or who attended non-HBCUs. (MSE)

For Blacks to reach parity in higher education, they must be enrolled--and graduated--in greater numbers. Five issues are identified: the gap between the amount and quality of higher education, the role and mission of Black colleges, the Adams cases, professional degree programs, and the survival of Black colleges. (MLW)

Black institutions continue to produce proportionately more Black graduates than White colleges. In addition, graduates of Black colleges attain more doctorate degrees than do those from White institutions. In view of their record of producing graduates with a limited share of federal and private dollars, Black institutions are more than cost…