Presents the results of a survey of the admissions offices at the 25 highest-ranked national universities and the 25 highest-ranked liberal arts colleges concerning the number of African American applicants, their acceptance rates, enrollment numbers, and yield rates. (EMS)

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)

Factors that affect the implementation of professional allied health education programs were studied at 64 four-year black colleges and universities that had no such programs before 1975-76. By 1980, six of the institutions had implemented these programs. Twenty-seven operating ratios and seven institutional characteristics were analyzed, based on…

Supporters of Black colleges have said that the threat of court-imposed penalities was an invaluable asset in efforts to win state funds and block proposals to close Black colleges. That leverage is gone with a recent ruling by a federal judge. (MLW)

Paper given at 1970 annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges discusses need for national recognition of the special problems and special achievements of approximately 111 predominantly black colleges which are significance national resources and key factors in race relations. (IR)

Examines the history of racial segregation that created the separate but unequal system in public higher education in the United States. The author describes the introduction of the Land Grant College, state funding patterns, and the exclusion of black colleges from funding sources and its affect on black college development. (GLR)

It was found that a strong desire to leave the state of Connecticut was a major force in black students attending out of state colleges and universities. Other contributory factors included the Connecticut schools lengthy admissions evaluations, the structure of some compensatory education programs, a non-competitive financial aid program and the…

The nature and quality of state colleges are discussed. State colleges are considered to consist of publicly controlled, four-year institutions other than those engaging in significant doctoral-level education, or those granting a majority of their degrees in a single program area. The state colleges are primarily comprehensive institutions…

Black institutions of higher learning have traditionally been underfunded, and this problem is especially acute today. In view of this, the major objective of this paper is to glean, from a survey of the literature, the various methods of financing that are being used in colleges and universities throughout the country, with the hope that some of…

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence federal grants had on research and instruction in the sciences as perceived by 15 predominantly Black private institutions. An instrument was designed to collect the data on the following: (1) the overall science program; (2) the improvement of laboratory instruction as a result of the…

Collected are eleven presentations made at a workshop designed to expose college and university administrators participating in the Technical Assistance Consortium to Improve College Services (TACTICS) to new management techniques. Presentations addressed the following subjects: the role of planning and management systems in post-secondary…

Review of history of the education of Black librarians from 1910 to the present focuses on the underrepresentation of Blacks in the field. Highlights include opportunities offered at library schools, support of public and private foundations, court decisions, and recommendations for future participation of Blacks in library science. (CD)

Suggests that corporations and foundations must re-examine the real needs of black colleges. (IR)

Shows that, although black colleges continue to suffer severe strains on their financial resources, dozens of white colleges and universities are raising far more money in a single year than the entire combined endowments of all 41 black colleges. Fund-raising handicaps are discussed, as well as how the Supreme Court threatens the future of black…

On a biennial basis since 1986, the National Science Foundation has collected data on issues related to Science and Engineering (S&E) research facilities at U.S. colleges and universities. This report presents the major findings from the 1996 survey and compares them with those from earlier efforts. A brief description of the study methods…