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	Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States, Historically Black Colleges And Universities (HBCU) (a type of minority-serving institution or MSI) are colleges or universities that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community.
		According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, when Debbie Allen became the director-producer the show, Allen herself, a graduate of historically fl Howard University, drew from her college experiences in an effort to accurately reflect in the show the social and political life on fl campuses.
		Howard University is the most prominent comprehensive historically fl higher-education institution in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Historically_Black_colleges_and_universities (980 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Historically black colleges
		Before 1964, African-Americans were almost always excluded from higher education opportunities at the predominantly white colleges and universities—with notable exceptions such as the integrated Oberlin College in Ohio.
		There are more than 100 historically fl colleges in the United States, located almost exclusively in the southern and eastern states (four HBCUs are located in the midwestern states, two each in Missouri and Ohio; one is in the Virgin Islands).
		Morehouse College and Spelman College have been described as the Harvard College and the Radcliffe College, respectively, of the historically fl higher-education institutions in the United States.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Historically-black-colleges (546 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		HBCUs are institutions founded primarily for the education of African-Americans, although their charters were not exclusionary.
		Of the 105 HBCUs, 17 HBCUs have land-grant status.
		The mission of The White House Initiative Office on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, located at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE, is to strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to provide excellence in education.
	www.doi.gov /hrm/black.html (330 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative
		fl colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been defined as institutions that were established before 1964 with the principal mission of educating African Americans.
		It was established in direct response to the needs of many of the historically fl colleges and universities, which had critical rehabilitation and restoration needs but lacked the resources to repair their buildings.
		HBCU grant funds are appropriated from the Historic Preservation Fund, and administered by the National Park Service.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1153 (600 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina
		A coed liberal arts college founded in 1867 as The Howard School, Fayetteville State University is also a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina.
		One of the sixteen senior institutions in the University of North Carolina system and the state's youngest historically fl college, (founded in 1910), North Carolina Central University grants bachelor's degrees in multiple disciplines, and has 38 graduate and professional degrees, including the Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law.
		A private university, Shaw was founded in North Carolina's capital in 1865 at the end of the Civil War and is affiliated with the Baptist church.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/educated/hbcu.htm (912 words)

	What is a Historically Black College or University?
		Nor are faculty at the fl college all fl.
		To understand the history of the fl college, it may be useful to consider public policy as it has passed through five major stages with respect to the education of fls.
		Black colleges were also increasingly being appreciated as havens for able students who were financially in need and rejected elsewhere.
	www.thehighschoolgraduate.com /editorial/UShbcu.htm (766 words)

	HBCU History - The History of Historically Black Colleges
		And in those early nineteenth century settings a college student's dress and carriage was often markedly distinct from the sometimes loose and boisterous manner of the farm workers and fl townspeople, who often mocked them, but secretly emulated the collegians' manner and conservative style.
		Black colleges at the beginning of the new millennium hang in and continue to produce, despite a fierce fight for survival.
		Because of the fl college, social networks were developed from campus life among men and women of color from all quarters of the nation.
	hbcuconnect.com /history.shtml (1106 words)

	African Americans - Education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are postsecondary academic institutions founded before 1964 whose educational mission has historically been the education of Black Americans.
		HBCUs, despite many great obstacles, are committed to an educational process where neither ethnicity nor economics would stand in the way of any student realizing his or her true potential.
		Howard University was also the birthplace of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1908, the oldest Greek letter organization founded for fl women in America, and the first to founded at an HBCU.
	www.africanamericans.com /HistoricallyBlackColleges.htm (1697 words)

	USATODAY.com - Two black colleges may close doors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is one of six fl colleges that are either on probation or have been given warnings by accreditation agencies.
		Historically fl public colleges, which enroll almost 80% of all the students at fl colleges, were forced to desegregate by the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
		From 1976 to 1999, enrollment at historically fl colleges and universities increased 23% to 274,212, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002-12-09-black-colleges-usat_x.htm (963 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Senate Democrats Remain Committed to Preserving and Strengthening A ...
		Precursors to present day HBCUs, Wilberforce University in Ohio and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, were the pioneers for the 123 colleges and universities established to serve the newly-freed slaves between 1854 and 1952 because fls had very limited access to white institutions.
		Berea College, a small private institution in eastern Kentucky that had admitted both fls and whites since its founding in 1859, challenged the constitutionality of a 1904 state law apparently aimed specifically at Berea, since it was the only postsecondary educational institution in the state that enrolled students of both races.
		Black colleges and universities contribute to the continuing rise of fl intellectuals, professionals, and creative artists which is so evident throughout American society.
	democrats.senate.gov /dpc/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=sr-108-2-50 (2472 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) - HUD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Only the 104 HBCUs designated by the U.S. Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2 (in accordance with that Department's responsibilities under Executive Order 12677, dated April 28, 1989) are eligible for funding under the HBCU Program.
		The HBCU program primarily benefits low- and moderate-income persons who are residents of the community in which the HBCU is located.
		In addition, HBCUs must obtain a letter from the Chief Executive Officer of the unit of general local government in which they propose to conduct activities, certifying that the activities are consist with the Consolidated Plan or other officially approved Comprehensive Plan of the jurisdiction to be served.
	www.hud.gov /progdesc/hbcu.cfm (548 words)

	The Persisting Myth That the Black Colleges Are Becoming Whiter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A 1992 JBHE survey of 25 large state-operated public fl colleges and universities found that 23 of the historically fl schools did have a greater percentage of white students than they had in 1980.
		Most of the state-operated fl universities that showed an increase in fl enrollments during the 1980s have now become more fl than they were a decade ago.
		At Alabama A&M University the percentage of whites in the student body is nearly one fourth the level of a decade ago.
	www.jbhe.com /news_views/47_myth_blackcolleges.html (1021 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Facts, Infor, People)
		An HBCU is a school that was established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community.
		Cheney University of Pennsylvania is the oldest HBCU in the nation.
		Xavier University, a historically fl college in Louisiana, has one of the highest success rates in the country getting their graduates into medical school.
	www.emergingminds.org /mindminutes/2004/aug04_hbcu.html (515 words)

	Black Colleges Fight To Survive (Chicago Tribune)
		While some fl colleges, such as Morehouse and Spelman in Atlanta, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Hampton University in Virginia, are thriving and have amassed multimillion-dollar endowments, others rely heavily on student financial aid to operate.
		Most historically fl colleges began as a means of educating freed slaves and their descendants.
		During the past five years, federal aid to historically fl colleges has increased by 3.6 percent to $264 million, a figure fl college presidents say is vastly inadequate.
	www.jessejacksonjr.org /issues/i1021026193.html (1199 words)

	PBS - From Swastika to Jim Crow - Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		Although a few free Blacks attended primarily White colleges in the North in the years before the war, such opportunities were very rare and nonexistent in the slave states of the South.
		Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, has the earliest founding date of an HBCU, although for most of its early history it offered only elementary and high school level instruction.
		These land-grant institutions, coupled with a growing system of state colleges, marked the emergence of a distinctive style of American higher education: publicly supported institutions of higher learning serving a broad range of students as well as the cultural, economic, and political interests of various local and state constituencies.
	www.pbs.org /itvs/fromswastikatojimcrow/blackcolleges.html (665 words)

	The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria: Bush Lauds America's Historically Black Colleges And Universities
		Historically fl colleges and universities have played and will continue to play an important role in educating Americans throughout the United States, President Bush proclaimed September 12.
		Historically fl colleges and universities have a distinguished past and an important future in providing higher education for Americans throughout our country.
		In addition, the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is helping these colleges and universities benefit from Federal programs, obtain private?sector support for their endowments, and build private?sector partnerships to strengthen faculty development and cooperative research.
	usembassy.state.gov /nigeria/wwwhp091603e.html (559 words)

	EO 12876 -- Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		There shall be established in the Department of Education the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities ("Board of Advisors" or "Board"), a Presidential advisory committee.
		The Secretary shall ensure that each president of a historically Black college or university is given the opportunity to comment on the proposed Annual Federal Plan prior to consideration by the President.
		These steps will be taken with the goals of enhancing the career prospects of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities and increasing the number of such graduates with degrees in science and technology.
	www.thecre.com /fedlaw/legal16/eo12876.htm (869 words)

	E.O. 13256 - Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Each executive department and agency identified by the Secretary shall appoint a senior official, who is a full-time officer of the Federal Government, to report directly to the department or agency head with respect to department or agency activity under this order, and to serve as liaison to the Board and to the Initiative.
		The Secretary shall provide the president of each historically fl college and university with a copy of, and an opportunity to comment on, the proposed Annual Federal Plan prior to its submission to the President.
		Each year, the Board shall report to the President on the progress achieved in enhancing the capacity of historically fl colleges and universities to serve their students, including findings and recommendations for individual departments and agencies in connection with their Annual Performance Reports, as described in section 6 of this order.
	www.va.gov /dmeeo/exec/13256.htm (822 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001 - Introduction
		Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001 - Introduction
		HBCUs are institutions established prior to 1964, whose principal mission is the education of Black Americans.
		Although most HBCUs are 4-year institutions in the southern United States, they represent a diverse set of institutions in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.
	nces.ed.gov /pubs2004/hbcu/index.asp (298 words)

	HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Black Colleges At Blackrefer.com
		Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) is a historically fl university providing baccalaureate and graduate studies to all capable individuals interested in developing their technical, professional, and scholastic skills and competencies.
		The Morehouse School of Medicine is a historically fl institution established to recruit and train minority and other students as physicians, biomedical scientists, and public healthcare professionals committed to the primary healthcare needs of the underserved.
		Shaw University is the oldest historically Black university in the South.
	www.blackrefer.com /black_colleges.html (1809 words)

	FastWeb: Resources: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		But for many fl students graduating from high school today, an even greater consideration is whether or not to attend a historically fl college or university.
		Historically fl colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions established before 1964 whose main mission is the education of fl Americans.
		Historically fl colleges and universities offer a unique approach to education by creating an environment of support, tradition and culture.
	www.fastweb.com /fastweb/resources/articles/index/102462?id= (575 words)

	Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		College Hill—A reality television series based on college life at historically fl colleges
		Drumline—2002 film based on an historically fl college's marching band
		White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities - details about this federal initiative, including its history and recent achievements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities (980 words)

	White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		HBCUs are a source of accomplishment and great pride for the African American community as well as the entire nation.
		HBCUs enroll 14 percent of all African American students in higher education, although they constitute only three percent of America's 4,084 institutions of higher education.
		Colleges, universities, and organizations are encouraged to participate.
	www.ed.gov /about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-index.html (462 words)

	Project 21 New Visions: Affirmative Action Hurts Historically Black Colleges and Universities
		Unfortunately, Morris Brown is not alone among a growing list of historically fl colleges and universities, or HBCUs, that are facing extinction due to financial or academic woes.
		By 1971, only 34 percent of fl college students were enrolling in HBCUs and that figure dropped to just 18 percent in 2000.
		As government officials, civil rights leaders and others remain steadfast in their support of such discriminatory practices, a significant number of fl students continually fail or drop out of colleges in which they are unprepared to compete academically.
	www.nationalcenter.org /P21NVTurnerHBCU803.html (648 words)

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