Reports progress after three years of an effort by the Ford Foundation to strengthen a representative selection of private, historically black colleges and universities through a $50 million, 6-year program designed to help 20 institutions become stronger academically, attain greater financial stability, and send more of their students on to…

The stated purpose of this paper is to project some of the future actions and developments that black colleges and universities must, it is stated, be involved in if they are to survive in the desegregation and integration processes, arguing that black institutions of higher education if based on color by and large will not survive. (Author/JM)

This study looks at two indexes of growth and development of black colleges: trends in student enrollment and trends in the awarding of degrees. This 8-year study covers the period 1966-1973. There are 98 of the 107 historically black schools including 86 4-year schools, 50 private schools, and 36 public. Results indicated that baccalaureate…

The Atlanta University Center, Inc., a consortium of six institutions (Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Spelman, Atlanta University, and Interdenominational Theological Center) represents the world's largest nucleus of Black private higher education. Its background and the problems faced in dealing with each institution's desire for autonomy are…

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…

Compares and contrasts the financial situations of public and private black colleges with each other and with those of public and private predominately white colleges and universities. (JM)

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

Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, retiring president of Dillard University (Louisiana) is credited for substantial development of the private, historically black institution, stressing fiscal responsibility and academic excellence. During his tenure, endowment increased eightfold, curriculum was revised, two scholars programs were established, and…

The NEAIR 2009 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Baltimore, Maryland conference. Papers in this document include: (1) A Principle Components Analysis of The Determinants of Student Satisfaction at a Historically Black Institution (Tao Gong and Jacqueline V. Parham); (2) Assessing and Enhancing Graduates'…

The growth in philanthropic support by source to the private black colleges is traced and compared with that for voluntary support to higher education institutions generally and to private higher education particularly. Data are obtained from the 1969-70 and 1976-77 Council for Financial Aid to Education surveys and from data collected directly…

This study addressed a void in the current literature by identifying and describing positive and negative influences on the persistence in school of African American students attending a private black college (PBC). Four students participated in the study: four males and one female. There were six formal interviews in all, with each subject…

The effects of retrenchment on various types of institutions, both state and private, are examined by a state board of higher education official. Information and examples are drawn from the author's experience in statewide planning in Maryland, but may be significant to other states. (Author/LC)

While many of the dramatic enrollment increases at Black colleges were at the better-known institutions, the overall enrollment growth appears to be more widespread than in past years. Freshman enrollment has increased more dramatically than overall enrollment. (MSE)

This paper examines the impact and implications for the nation's 104 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) of the final regulations published in the April 29, 1994 "Federal Register" and traces both the legislative and regulatory history of Part H of the Higher Education Act provisions. The analysis addresses specific…

Descriptions of 2,863 colleges make up the College Handbook. These are all the undergraduate institutions listed in the 1973-74 edition of Education Directory - Higher Education, published by the United States Office of Education, as well as some colleges that qualified early in the year for listing in the 1974-75 edition of that directory. Most…