The SREB Fact Book on Higher Education includes data on the population and economy, enrollment, degrees, student tuition and financial aid, faculty and administrators, revenue and expenditures. With more than 100 tables of detailed information, the Fact Book is one of the nation's most respected and most comprehensive collections of comparative…

Minority-Serving Institutions are colleges that enroll a high percentage of minority students. Because minority populations have experienced disproportionate barriers to higher education, the federal government provides them with financial support through various titles of the Higher Education Act. MSIs include Historically Black Colleges and…

Released in June, 2010, this publication features excerpts from presentations by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) trustees, chancellors and presidents as well as other education experts who candidly discuss issues surrounding accreditation at a unique meeting sponsored by the Southern Education Foundation. The Southern…

University faculty and students have not had sufficient opportunities to participate in the knowledge producing enterprise known as research. This article describes how two educators, Walter Green Daniel and his wife Theodora Christine Williams, advance knowledge through their benevolence. It describes their families, their educational…

This article reports on a new national survey showing that state spending on higher education is continuing to rise throughout most of the nation and growing faster in much of the South. Total state general-fund appropriations for higher education are up by 7 percent, to $72.18-billion, in the current 2006-2007 fiscal year, according to an annual…

This article describes Fisk University's drive to improve its graduation and retention rates. Fisk's six-year graduation rate is more than 10 percentage points above the national average for four-year institutions. Seventy percent of Fisk alumni go on to graduate or to professional schools. No other institution produces as many black doctorates in…

Presents an interview with William H. Gray III who discusses the educational advantages of the nation's historically black colleges (HBCs). Subjects include increasing funding and enrollments at HBCs and the reality of confronting racism after graduation. White isolation in higher education is briefly discussed. (GLR)

Discusses black education in the U.S., the need for black colleges, the financial plight of black colleges, and fund-raising for black colleges. (PG)

The purpose of this report, which was revised in January 1971 because the earlier version contained some errors, was to ascertain the precise level of Federal support to all institutions of higher learning and to contrast the support awarded the traditionally white colleges with that granted the traditionally black colleges. This report presents…

Describes how historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are adopting advancement models allowing a more cohesive and lucrative approach to development. The opportunities that HBCUs are exploring now include: non-alumni donor development, online contributions, alumni giving, endowment development, challenge grants, faculty and staff…

The integration of postmodernism in higher education is a widely debated issue. Critics of postmodernism in higher education hold the position that postmodernism breeds an unruliness of knowledge. Academicians in higher education often choose to educate students through means of prescription rather than implementing innovation in classroom…

Describes how, from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, historically Black colleges produced a healthy share of major-league baseball stars. Today, however, facing a dearth of African American talent and a lack of institutional support, HBCU programs are seeking alternative strategies to field competitive teams. (EV)

It was an honor for Faustine Jones-Wilson to be the first female editor of "The Journal of Negro Education", a highly respected publication. In addition to the scholarly work involved in this role, there were many challenges to be met and overcome. Most of these challenges were not related to her gender, but to changes within the University.…

Responding to one of the major recommendations in THE NEGRO AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH--that special financial support be provided for predominantly Negro colleges and universities in order to forge a single high quality system of higher education for the South--the Southern Regional Education Board appointed a task force to examine closely…