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Public Negro Colleges - 7 Fact Book.National Association of 6tate Universities and LandGrant Colleges, Atlanta, Ga. Office for Advancementof Public Negro Colleges.Sears-Roebuck Foundatioq, Skokie, Ill.Mar 7127p,Dr. Herman B. Smith, Director, OAPNC, 805 PeachtreeSt., N.E., Suite 577, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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ABSTRACTThis publication is a reference guide to the nation's

33 public Negro colleges and universities providing both backgroundand current facts. These institutions have special significancebecause of their traditional and continuing role in educatingminority group students. Today, serving students of all races, thecolleges enroll almost one-third of all black students in highereducation, and more than three-fifths of all students inpredominantly Negro colleges. Like other public colleges, thetraditionally Negro institutions have a strong commitment to servicebeyond the campus. These colleges work in many ways to betterinteri-acial understanding and community relations. The achievementsof public Negro colleges are especially remarkable because they havebeen carried out despite chronic shortages of funds and otherresources. Until recently, these colleges received only minim71public and private attention and support. ,J1S)

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This Fact Book is a revised and updated versionof a similar publication originally distributed inJuly, 1969. It has been prepared by the Officefor Advancement of Public Negro Colleges ofthe National Association of State Universitiesand Land-Grant Colleges. The Office carries outa broad program designed to help public Negrocolleges increase their share of private,voluntz. ry support. The work of the Office it;suppol cad by grants from foundations andcorporations with basic support provided by theW. K. Kellogg Foundation.Pub Hoz-Mon of the 1971 Fact Book has beenmade possible by a grant from the Sears-Roebt.:3k Foundation. The National Associationof State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

,9ncl the Office for Advancement of Public NegroColleges express appreciation to the Sears-Roebuck Foundation for its continued interestin and support of higher education.Th edi(tion of the Fact Book is not copyrighted.Pc qons may be quoted and reproduced withoutpe .ssion. The statistical information includedwas obtained from questionnaires circulatedby the Office for Advancement of Public NegroColleges or from published figures of the U. S.Office of Education. In some cases data were notavailable from all institutions, and figures givenare projections base-!. on responses fromrepresentative ,Atutions.Further information about the important groupof colleges featured here and additional copiesof this 1971 Fact Book are available from thepresidents of the individual colleges and fromDr. Herman B. Smith, Jr., Director of OAPNC.

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This publication is a reference guide to thenation's public Negro colleges and universities.It provides both background information andcurrent facts about an often overlookedsegment of American higher education.These 33 institutions have special significancebecause of their traditional and continuing rolein educating minority group students for fulland productive participation in American life.Today serving students of all races, thetraditionally Negro public colleges enroll almostone-third of all black students in highereducation, and more than three-fifths ofstudents in predominantly Negro senio! ..eges.

During the past century, the publk.colleges have nerved as "opportunity co!ege:providing education otherwise unavailable tothousands of able and deserving youths. Theiralumni serve in a wide variety of responsiblepositions throughout the nation.Like other public colleges, the traditionallyNegro institutions have a strong commitment toservice beyond the campus. These collegeswork in many ways to better interracialunderstanding and community reJations5:theyextend their resources to surroundingcommunities by providing technical assistancein a variety of fields, from teacher training tobusiness management. They are involved, also,in various remedial education programs forpeople of all ages.The achievements of public Negro colleges areespecially remarkable because they have beencarried out despite chronic shortages of fundsand other resources. Until recently, thesecolleges received only minimal_public andprivate attention and supportWith theexpectation that recugnition of their importantrole in American education will develop broaderand more substantive support for the activitiesof public Negro colleges, this booklet isprepared and distributed.

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HistoryOpportunity Colleges

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Curriculum 10Accreditation 12Community se?vice 12

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H !STORY

;public Negro colleges have existed for more thana century. Most of them were founded in thedecades following the Civil War, between 1867and 1900, to provide an education for newlyfreed slaves. The colleges are located in 19states, most of them Southern and border states.The oldest is Cheyney State College inPennsylvania, founded in 1837,oP prr-dating the ivi: Jr. The

,ppi Valley State College, founded in19o0. Only three of the colleges are less than50 years old, although only eight granteddegrees more than 50 years ago.Fifteen of the colleges were founded as land-grant colleges or later given this status toconform with federal regulations stating thatbenefits of land-grant rograms had to beavailable to both blacks and whites. As a result,public Negro colleges shared in the tradition ofincluding service as well as teaching andresearch activities in their programs.Some of the colleges were founded as extensionsof already existing private institut.ons. NorfolkState College, for example, was established asthe Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University.North Carolina A & T State Univer ity was anextension of Shaw University in Raleigh from1890 to 1893, to enable its state tc receiveMorrill Act land-grant funds. Many of thecolleges were founded as secondary schools.A majority of the colleges were founded as statecolleges, often with significant black leadership.Elizabeth City State University, for example,was created in 1891, by a bill introduced into theNorth Carolina legislature byliugh Cale, a Jacklegislator from Pasquotank County. In 1871,when Alcorn A & M College was officially opened

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for Mississippi's black citizens, Hiram R.Revels, the first black elected to the U. S.Senate, resigned his seat to oecome the college'sfirst president. Alcorn originated as OaklandCollege, a school for the education of white males.A sizable minority-40 per centof the collegeswere initially organized under private auspices,generally with gifts from both black and whiteindividuals and groups. The soldiers andofficers of the 62nd U. S. Colored Infantry gave$5,000 to provide funds for Lincoln University'sincorporation in Missouri and are credited withthe college's founding and eventual financing.Fort Valley State College was established in1895, by leading local black and white citizensand was generously supported by gifts fromMiss Anna T. Jeanes of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Albany State College in Georgia,was begun as the Albany Bible and ManualTraining Institute, receiving financial supportfrom the Hazard family of Newport, RhodeIsland, as well as from local philanthropists.Over time, but especially in the earlier years ofthis century, financial problems led some of theprivate colleges to seek state support, and theybecame public institutions. There remain about50 private black four-year colleges today.In their early years, most of the collegesconcentrated on teacher education, subsequentlyadding other programs. Today like other formerteachers colleges, public Negro colleges offerundergraduate and graduate studies in a broadrange of fields covering a wide spectrum ofliberal and professional education.

OPPORTUNITY COLLEGES

Throughout their history, the major role of publicNegro colleges has been to provide educationalopportunity. In years past, Negro institutionswere the only source of higher educationavailable to most black people. More recently,with other doors opening, thousands of youngpeople continue to attend these colleges. Blackstudents, like white students, look upon theircollege experience as a social as well as anacademic opportunity. This, then, continues tomake predominantly black colleges especiallyattractive to many blacl: studehts. Moreover, i3these schools students find many opportunitiesand experiences that could not be duplicatedanyWhere else.In addition, because of generally low costs andconcern for individual student problems, publicNegro colleges serve as "opportunity colleges"for many students from low-income families.

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The average parental income of students at thesecolleges is under $4,500less than half that ofother college students.Finally, public Negro colleges are strivingcontinuously to improve the qual;ty of existingprograms and develop their educational servicesto provide a first-class education in manycontemporary career fields. On the basis of theirofferings, they are today attracting many whiteas well as black students to their campuses.

ENROLLMENT

Public Negro colleges currently Anroll over104,000 students and are growing rapidly. Their1970-71 enrollment is 12.3 per cent higher thantheir 1969-70 enrollment, and more than two-and-a-third times their 1956 enro:;rnent. Ifrecent trends continue, ihe 33 publiG Negrocolleges will enroll more than 110,000 studentsin 1971-72.More than three-fifths of all stud3nts inpredominantly black senior institutions areenrolled in the 33 public Negro colleges.Almost one-third of all biack students in highereducation today are enrolled in the 33 publicNegro colleges.The average enrollment at public Negro collegesis 3,170 students. There are, however, widevariations in size. Southern University inLouisiana, with three campuses, is the largestinstitution, enrolling 11,753 students. ElizabethCity State University, one of five public Negrocolleges in North Carolina, is the smallest,enrolling 1,104. AltogettV4 four of the 33

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colleges enroll 5,000 or more students and twoenroll more than 4,500. Only two enroll fewerthan 1,400 students.

STUDENTS

The students at inese colleges show outstandingability and desire to profit from highereducation. They generally achieve more, in bothcollege and their careers, than their scores lsprospective freshmen on standardized nationaltests would indicate.Many of the students had impressive high schoolrecords before coming to college. Approximately650 of this year's freshmen were high schoolvaledictorians or salutatorians. About :121/2 percent ranked in the top tenth of their high schoolclass; more than 50 per cent in the top half.Public Negro colleges, however, enroll a cross-section of students. In many cases, they acceptstudents with questionable qualifications, givethem a second educational chance, and helpthem become high achievers.In recent years, most of the colleges have had tolimit enrollment of out-of-state students due toincreasing enrollment pressure frorr in-statestudents. However, these colleges continue toserve students from all parts of the country.About nine-tenths of the students are residentsof the states in which the colleges are located.The remaining tenth represent every stateexcept Alaska. A large number of out-of-statestudents are from New York and New Jersey.

In the last two years, the proportion of malestudents has risen from approxmately 46 percent to more than 48 per cent. The proportionof white students at the undergraduate level hasincreased from about three to eight per centand, at the graduate level, from 13 to 21 percent. Some 85 per cent of the students attendfull-time, from about 18 per cent of the graduatestudents to 81.6 per cent of undergraduates.

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DEGREES

Altogether, public Negro colleges awardapproximately 11,300 bachelors and 1,150masters degrees annually. The largest share ofthese degrees is still in education. However, asjob opportunities continue to expaod andstudents realize that their options are ever-widening, they have begun to enter non-education fields in significant numbers.In 1955-56, education accounted for 66.2 percent of all bachelors' degrees. Today it accountsfor only 34.8 per cent. Meanwhile, degrees in+ht. social sciences have risen from 10.6 perceni. to 19.0 per cent. Bachelors' degrees inbusiness fields have increased from 3.4 percent of the total in 1955-56 to 16.7 per centtoday. Four institutionsNorth Carolina A & T,North Carolina Central, Texas Southern, andSoutherneach awarded more than 100bachelors' degrees in business in June, 1970.Thirteen other public Negro colleges eachawarded more than 50.At the master's level, education accounts for 83per cent of all degrees. Mathematics and sciencefields account for 6.59 per cent.

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ALUMNI

Graduates of public Negro colleges are found ina variety of positions in business, education,and government. Although only ten per cent ofthe students are initially froal out-of-state, a farhigher proportion of alumni become residentsand taxpayers of other states after graduation.In general, most alumni working in educationhave remained in the South while alumni inbusiness and industry have more often left theirhome states and the South.Among alumni in business are researchers andmanagers in many major corporations as well asthe owners of small firms. In education,graduates include scores of teachers, principals,college faculty, college presidents, deans,department chairmen, and school boardmembers. In Mississippi, more than a third ofthe principals and half of the teachers in thepublic school system are alumni of JacksonState College.In government service, alumni are prominent onthe lists of foreign and military service officials;municipal, state, and federal judges,administrators, and legislators. In other publicservice professions, hundreds of doctors,lawyers, ministers, and civic leaders are alumniof public Negro colleges.

Space limitations permit mention of only a fewexamples of outstanding alumni. MaynardJackson, Vice-Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia, is agraduate of North Carolina Central University.Boston Daniels, first black chief of police of amalor city (Kansas City, Kansas), is an alumnusof Arkansas A, M & N College. Dr. Helen G.Edmonds, Alternate Delegate to the UnitedNations and Joseph Black, Vice President forSpecial Markets of the Greyhound Corporationare graduates of Morgan State College. Dr.Percy Williams, Assistant State Superintendentof Schools, the first black educator to serve theState of Maryland at this level, is a Bowie StateCollege alumnus. James Burch, AssistantSuperintendent of Public Instruction for theState of North Carolina, is a graduate ofFayetteville State University. Robert Brown,Superintendent of Schools for Greene County,Alabama, is an alumnus of Alabama A & MUniversity. Dr. Mildred W. Barksdale, Professorat Georgia State University in Atlanta, is agraduate of Jackson State College. Lee N. "Pete"Collins, an electronic engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, is agraduate of Tennessee State University. In 1970,he received an award and citation for rocketre-programming which resulted in savings ofseveral million dollars to the Air Force.

CURRICULUM

Public Negro colleges offer a broad variety ofeducational programs, ranging fromanthropology to sociology, business to music,black studies to law. Nineteen of the collegeshave graduate programs.Traditionally, the emphasis has been oneducation, but in recent years other fields havedemonstrated significant growth. In business,for example, only 19 colleges had degree-granting programs in 1955-56; today 29 collegeshave baccalaureate programs and five havemaster's level programs. The number of collegesoffering degrees in accounting has increasedfrom three to 18; in economics, from sixto 14: in nursing, from one to seven.Furthermore, in response to broadening studentand employer interest, the colleges areintroducing degree programs in many new fields.Alabama A & M University, for example, hasinstituted a four-year baccalaureate program incomputer science and a master's level programin urban studies. Prairie View A & M Collegehas a bachelor's program in chemicalengineering; Norfolk State College offers adegree program in commercial arts; SouthernUniversity has baccalaureate programs injournalism and in radio and television.The colleges are also upgrading existingprograms in changing fields like business andscience. Bachelors' degree programs inIndustrial Technology and Medical Technologyare available today at 17 of the colleges.Many are providini:; work-study opportunitiesfor interested students in both goverhment andindustry. North Carolina A & T, for example,10 12

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& M, Albany State, Morgan State, NorthCarolina A & T, North Carolina Central, PrairieView and Winston.Salem State University havefour-year programs in nursing.

ACCREDITATION

All public Negro colleges are fully accreditedby their respective regional accrediting agencies.This means that they meet certain minimumstandards expected of all institutions of highereducation and that their work is accepted forcredit at other colleges and universities.Increasingly, their individual departments aregaining specialized accreditation fromprofessional agencies. For example, the TexasSouthern School of Business is accredited bythe American Association of Collegiate Schoolsof Business; the Southern University Schoolof Engineering is accredited by the EngineeringCouncil for Program Development; and, theFlorida A & M University School of Pharmacyis accredited by the American Council onPharmaceutical Education.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Public Negro colleges are committed to theconcept of community service. They conductboth formal and informal programs to broadeneducational opportunities and improve the qualityof life for nearby residents in all age groups.Almost half of the 33 colleges operate eveningschools to provide educational opportunitiesfor those who must work during the day, or toprovide job-related training to workers seekingto upgrade or add to their knowledge and skills.The Department of Economics and Business atMorgan State College, for example, hasprovided systems training for Model Cities andother agency personnel involved in programsdesigned to improve conditions in the innercity. South Carolina State College offers a coursefocusing on the learning patterns of adultsat two nearby towns as well as on-campus.In addition, all of the colleges conductworkshops and institutes for teachers andschool administrators, as well as for othergroups, both professional and non-professional.12

The Grambling College Project on Aging, forexample, trains women of all ages to work aspaid homemaker health aides with elderlypersons living in six counties surrounding thecollege. Tennessee State University operatesan employment counseling institute for thestate which trains counselors to assist hard-coreunemployed and underemployed persons.Elizabeth City State University is one of thepublic Negro colleges that have conductedcommunity workshops on drug abuse.During its Summer Mathematics Institute,Florida A & M University introduced thecomputer to 40 junior and senior high schoolmathematics teachers from nine southeasternstates. North Carolina A & T State Universityoperates one of 12 regional manpower researchand training centers for the U. S. Departmentof Labor.Coppin State College's Career Opportunities inEducation program (COPE) is designed toimprove the learning of low-income families andVietnam-era veterans working as educationalauxiliaries in poverty area schools in Baltimore.Central State University has a trainingprogram designed to help poor people usemoney more effectively. Delaware State Collegeis organizing a library of information files onvarious programs and assistance available toindividuals and groups in the greater Dover area.Several institutions have named directors ofcommunity relations and services. FayettevilleState University, for instance, has a new Deanfor Continuing Education and CommunityServices who coordinates activities of FSU'sevening college and serves as the university'sliaison in developing programs sought bypeople in the community.As centers of black culture, public Negrocolleges provide enrichment programs for bothcampus and community. Cheyney State Collegeis sponsoring a series of evening lectures onworld cultures. Grambling College's productionof "A Raisin in the Sun" was one of six selectednationwide for presentation during the 1970American College Theatre Festival.Students are involved in many ways. At VirginiaState College they volunteer for service in thechildren's ward at Central State Hospital. AtFlorida A & M they are helping to organize aliteracy program as members of the "FAMU inTampa Model Cities team." North Carolina A & Tstudents are conducting a survey of black-owned businesses in Greensboro preparatoryto publishing a directory which will assist theuniversity in organizing classes, seminars,

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institutes, and workshops designed to helpthe businesses thrive.M Morgan State College, home economics majot ssurveyed food stores to check on pricing andquality in low-income areas. These studentshave worked with community organizationsranging from the Youth Division of the Baltimc eePolice Department to the Governor's HumanRelations Commission, helping both public andprivate agencies seek solutions to urbanproblems. At one point, some 45 agencieshad requested nearly 400 student assistants.

FACILITIES

The combined physical plants of 33 publicNegro colleges are worth an estimated half-billion dollars. Their libraries hold a total of 3.7million books and more than 100,000 reels ofmicrofilm. Current and bound general interestperiodicals as well as government documentshelp to keep students and faculty abreast ofsocial changes. Growing collections of scholarlyjournals provide substantive support fordeveloping programs of study. In addition,several libraries have unique collections of blackliterature, history, and educational resources.Library and other resources are extended byparticipation in cooperative programs. Inaddition to the 192,000 books in their ownUniversity collection, students and faculty atTexas Southern can also draw on the collectionsof 27 other Texas and Louisiana college librariesthrough a teletype inter-library loan program.Similar cooperative arrangements are alreadyin effect or under study in several other states.Most of the colleges now either have their owncomputers or share computer facilitiesavailable at other locations. Lincoln University,which installed its first computer in 1960, was

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one of the first in Missouri to acquire its '-)wnfacility. Colleges in several states have terminalaccess to central computer systems. Third-generation computers are on campus at JacksonState, Central State, and Alabama A & M.Mini-computers are in use at Delaware StateCollege and at Florida A & M University.

FACU LTY

To carry out their programs, the 33 public Negrocolleges rely on more than 5,000 full-timetalented and dedicated faculty members. Ofthese, nearly 30 per cent hold Ph.D. degrees.The faculty/student ratio averages 1:18 and isas low as 1:12 at one college.Although several distinguished black facultymembers have been lost to predominantly whiteinstitutions due to recent recruitment offers,many young and enthusiastic teachers,products of some of the nation's outstandinggraduate schools, are accepting positions at Negrocolleges. No other institutions, they feel, canoffer them opportunities to help so many blackstudents who have grown up with so little.Recent efforts of public Negro colleges to securesupport from private sources for faculty salarysupplements have met with some success andhave helped to stem the flow of valuableteachers to better-endowed institutions. Thereduction of teaching loads and extra-instructional responsibilities have helped also.In addition, opportunities for further study,participation in professional meetings andworkshops, and inter-institutional cooperationhave helped to make public Negro collegesmore attractive places for talented teachers.Nonetheless, in 1970-71, average faculty salariesat the public Negro colleges continue to lagbehind national average salaries of othercategories of institutions.

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Professor $14,500 $16,542 $18,148 $23,299Assoc. Professor 12,000 13,090 13,577 15,938Asst. Professor 10,000 10,846 11,189 12,687Instructor 8,500 8,557 8,592 9,797

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FINANCE

The major source of income for these schoolsis state appropriations which account for about49 per cent of their revenue. For years, publicNegro colleges in many states received relativelyless money than other public institutions.Funds for construction have often been generous,but operating funds, especially for salaries andprograms, have tended to lag behind. Most ofthe colleges are now getting a fairer shareof current appropriations. However, they havegenerally not received the extra "catc.i-up"funds they need to overcome their cumulativedeficit in resources.A second source is tuition and student fees,including room and board charges. Tuition, roomand board average $1,025.00 at public Negrocolleges for in-state students and $1,440.00for out-of-state students. Tuition accounts forabout 16 per cent of college income. Auxiliaryenterprises, which include student room andboard charges as well as income from bookstoresand other revenue-producing activities,account for about 15 per cent of income.Almost 12 per cent of income comes from thefederal government, with less than two per centsupporting research. Federal funds provideabout 61.0 per cent of all student aid moneyavailable at public Negro colleges. Federalfunds also help to support construction, specialprojects, and cooperative activities. Many ofthe colleges have been unable to take fulladvantage of existing federal programs becausethey cannot raise their required "matching"share of funds nor finance necessary planningstudies on which to base applications.

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Private gifts and grants provide 1.5 per cent ofincome for public Negro colleges, withfoundations accounting for approximately 64per cent of all such support. Until recently,most public Negro colleges lacked active fund-raising programs. Because public institutionsare not included in any national fund-raisingeffort such as the United Negro College Fund,they cannot benefit from this major channel ofprivate contributions. Many of the colleges,therefore, have recently begun active individualfund-raising efforts and are now vigorouslyseeking support from local communities,alumni, corporations, and foundations. Theirmost urgent needs are funds for student aidprograms and for faculty development,including salary supplements.

THE FUTURE

There is no question that the future ofpredominantly Negro public colleges liesbeyond serving only one race. All of thetraditionally Negro public institutions now enrollwhite students and have white facultymembers. A few, in fact, have becomepredominantly white. About 75 per cent of thestudents at West Virginia State College arewhite. Approximately half of the enrollment atLincoln University is white; more than a thirdof the commuter enrollment at Bowie StateCollege is white. About 43 per cent of the totalenrollment at Kentucky State College is whiteand at Alabama A & M State University,approximately 16 per cent of the enrollment,principally at the graduate level, is white.Like other public colleges and universities, then,public Negro colleges see their principal futurerole as one of providing low cost, high qualityeducation to students of all races. In serving abroader constituency, these institutions standready to assume specific new roles as a viablesector and equal partner in the total structure ofhigher education in America. At the sametime, they remain committed to their historicobjective of serving as "opportunity colleges",providing a chance for higher education tomany able and deserving students.As these institutions face a future of renderingeven broader service to the natior hey doso with the expectation of receivit fullerfinancial and professional suppo.-L in order tocarry out their vital educational rC i ss i o n .

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The first section of this booklet introduced thenation's 33 public Negro colleges as a group.This section presents some additionalinformation about each one of these institutions.Listed for each of the colleges and universitiesis the following information:

mailing addressdegree-credit enrollmentdegrees offeredtuition and required feesroom and board chargespresidentfounding date

Tuition, room, and board rates are given for twosemesters, two trimesters, or three quartersin other words, for an entire academic year.(IS) designates the tuition and required feespaid by in-state students; (OS), the out-of-statecharges. Enrollment and student charges givenare for the 1970-71 academic year. Assumingcontinuation of present trends, these figuresmay show moderate increases at manycolleges in 1971-72.Further information about any of the collegesis available directly from the college. Thepresident's office can provide information aboutprograms underway and private supportopportunities. The admissions office hascatalogues and application blanks. That officecan also furnish information about requirementsand procedures.

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1. ALABAMA A & MUNIVERSITYNormal, Alabama 35762Enrollment: 2,755B.S., B.A., M.S., M.B.A.Tuition: $290 (IS)

$440 (OS)Room and Board: $788President: R. D. MorrisonFounded in 1875*

2. ALABAMA STATEUNIVERSITYMontgomery, Alabama

36101Enrollment: 2,524B.A., B.S., M.Ed., M.S.Tuition: $260 (IS)

$410 (OS)Room and Board: $695President: Levi WatkinsFounded in 1874

3. ALBANY STATE COLLEGEAlbany, Georgia 31705Enrollment : 1,942A.B., B.B.A., B.S.Tuition: $390 (IS)

$759 (OS)Room and Board:

$702-$726President:

Charles L. HayesFounded in 1903

4. ALCORN A & M COLLEGELorman, Mississippi

39096Enrollment: 2,520B.S.Tuition and Fees:

$350 (IS), $950 (OS)Room and Board :$598.50President:

Walter WashingtonFounded in 1871*

5. ARKANSAS A M & NCOLLEGEPine Bluff, Arkansas

71601Enrollment: 3,006B.A., B.S.Tuition and Fees:

$330 (IS), $630 (OS)Room and Board: $648President:

Lawrence A. DavisFounded in 1873*

6. BOWIE STATE COLLEGEBowie, Maryland 20715Enrollment: 2,259B.A., B.S., M.Ed.Tuition: $200 (IS)

$450 (OS)Room and Board: $900President:

Samuel L. MyersFounded in 1867

7. CENTRAL STATEUNIVERSITYWilberforce, Ohio 45385Enrollment: 2,565A.A., A.S., B.A., B.S.,

B.S.Ed.Tuition and Fees:

$477 (IS), $652 (OS)Room and Board: $960President:

Lewis A. JacksonFounded in 1887

8. CHEYNEY STATECOLLEGECheyney, Pennsylvania

19319Enrollment: 2,071B.A., B.S., B.S.Ed., M.Ed.Tuition and Fees:

$710 (IS), $1,290 (OS)Room and Board: $720President: Wade WilsonFounded in 1837

9. COPPIN STATE COLLEGEBaltimore, Maryland

21216Enrollment: 1,759B.S., B.A., M.Ed.Tuition and Fees:$295 (IS), $535 (OS)Room and Board:

Not providedPresident:

Calvin W. BurnettFounded in 1900

10. DELAWARE STATECOLLEGEDover, Delaware 19901Enrollment: 1,669B.A., B.S.Tuition and Fees:

$325 (IS), $750 (OS)Room and Board: $650President: Luna I. MishoeFounded in 1891*

*Designates land-grant institution

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11. ELIZABETH CITY STATEUNIVERSITYElizabeth City, North

Carolina 27909Enrollment: 1,104B.S., B.A.Tuition: $214 (IS)

$800 (OS)Room and Board: $704President:

Marion D. ThorpeFounded in 1891

12. FAYETTEVILLE STATEUNIVERSITYFayetteville, North

Carolina 28301Enrollment: 1,430B.S., B.A.Tuition and Fees:

$370 (IS), $1,020 (OS)Room and Board: $i41President:

Charles A. Lyons, Jr.Founded in 1877

13. FLORIDA A &UNIVERSITYTallahassee, Florida

32307Enrollment: 4,939B.A., B.S., M.Ed., M.S.Tuition: $450 (IS),

$1,350 (OS)Room and Board: $723President:

Benjamin L. PerryFounded i n 1887*

14. FORT VALLEY STATECOLLEGEFort Valley, Georgia

31020Enrollment: 2,338B.A., B.S., M.Ed.Tuition and Fees:

$1,095 (IS), $1,500 (OS)Room and Board: $714President:

Waldo W. E. BlanchetFounded in 1895*

15. GRAIVIBLING COLLEGEGrambling, Louisiana

71245Enrollment: 3,700B.A., B.S.Tuition: $250 (IS)

$949 (OS)Room an -oard:

$601 (IS), $727.50 (OS)

President:Ralph W. E. Jones

Founded in 1901

16. JACKSON STATECOLLEGEJackson, Mississippi

39217Enrollment: 4,665B.A., B.S., B.Music,

B.S.Ed., M.S., M.A.T.,M.S.Ed.

Tuition: $350.01 (IS)$950.01 (OS)

Room and Board: $648President:

John A. Peoples, Jr.Founded in 1877

17. KENTUCKY STATECOLLEGEFrankfort, Kentucky

40601Enrollment: 1,754A.B., B.S., A.A., A.A.S.Tuition: $300 (IS),

$800 (OS)Room and Board: $565President: Carl M. HillFounded in 1836*

18. LANGSTON UNIVERSITYLangston, Oklahoma

73050Enrollment: 1,109B.A., B.S., AssociateTuition and Fees:

$406 (IS), $782 (OS)Room and Board:

$549-$666President:

William E. SimsFounded in 1897*

19. LINCOLN UNIVERSITYJefferson City, Missouri

65101Enrollment: 2,445B.A., B.S., B.Ed., B.Music,

A.A., A.S., M.A., M.Ed.Tuition: $350 (IS)

$620 (OS)Room and Board: $700President:

Walter C. DanielFounded in 1866*

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20. MISSISSIPPI VALLEYSTATE COLLEGEItta Bena, Mississippi

38941Enrollment: 2,005B.A., B.S.Tuition: $286.50 (IS)

$600 (OS)Room and Board: $551.75President: J. H. WhiteFounded in 1950

21. MORGAN STATECOLLEGEBaltimore, Maryland

21212Enrollment: 5,106A.B., B.S., M.A., M.S.,

M.B.A.Tuition: $388 (IS)

$688 (OS)Room and Board:

$840 (IS), $990 (OS)President: King V. CheekFounded in 1867

22. NORTH CAROLINA A & TSTATE UNIVERSITYGreensboro, North

Carolina 27411Enreilment: 3,797B.S., M.S.Tuition: $251 (IS)

$699 (OS)Room and Board: $745President:

Lewis C. DowdyFounded in 1891*

23. NORTH CAROLINACENTRAL UNIVERSITYDurham, North

Carolina 27707Enrollment: 3,541B.A., B.S., B.S.N., M.A.,

M.S., M.S.Lib. Sci.,L.L.i3., J.D.

Tuition: $200 (IS)$950 (OS)

Room and Board: $742.50President:

Albert N. WhitingFounded in 1910

24. NORFOLK STATECOLLEGENorfolk, Virginia 23504Enrollment: 5,202A.A., A.S., B.A., B.S.

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Tuition: $420 (IS)$590 (OS)

Room and Board: $375President:

Lyman B. BrooksFounded in 1935

25. PRAIRIE VIEW A & MCOLLEGEPrairie View, Texas 78661Enrollment: 4,192B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S.,

M.Ed.Tuition: $100 (IS)

$400 (OS)Room and Board: $750President:

Alvin I. ThomasFounded in 1876*

26. SAVANNAH STATECOLLEGESavannah, Georgia 31404Enrollment: 2,444B.S., M.S.Tuition and Fees:

$381 (IS), $786 (OS)Room and Board: $720Acting President:

Prince A. Jackson, Jr.Founded in 1890

27. SOUTH CAROLINASTATE COLLEGEOrangeburg, South

Carolina 29115Enrollment: 2,148B A., B.S., M.Ed., M.S.Taition: $150 (IS)

$380 (OS)Room and Board:

$606, $639, & $666President:

M. Maceo Nance, Jr.Founded in 1896*

28. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYBaton Rouge, Louisiana

70813 (Branches atNew Orleans andShreveport)

Enrollment: 11,753B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S.,

M.Ed., J.D.Tuition: $275 (IS)

$630 (OS)Room and Board: $730President:

G. Leon Netterville, Jr.Founded in 1880*

29. TENNESSEE STATEUNIVERSITYNashville, Tennessee

37203Enroll Ment: 4,404B.S., B.A., M.A., M.S., A.A.Tuition and Fees:

$225 (IS), $705 (OS)Room and Board: $777President: A. P. TorrenceFounded in 1912*

30. TEXAS SOUTHEUNIVERSITYHouston, Texas 70:4Enrollment: 5,48EAssociate, B.A., E.F.A.,

B.S., B.S. in ,macy,M.A., M.S., f/M.B.A., M.A.Music Ed., J.C.

Tuition: $176 (IS')$476 (OS)

Room and Boar i700President:

Granville M. 5, ,,,,rerFounded in 1947

31. VIRGINIA STATECOLLEGEPetersburg, Virginia

23803Enrollment: 2,948B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S.,

B.Music, M.Ed.

Tuition and Fees:$690 (IS), $950 (OS)

Room and Board: $648President:

Wendell P. RussellFounded in 1882*

32. WEST VIRGINIA STATECOLLEGEInstitute, West Virginia

E 7 Ament: 3,663A.A., A.S., B.S., B.A.Tuition: $50 (IS)

$350 (OS)Room and Board:

:11,001.16P.-es_ dent:

MIliam J. L. WallaceFounded in 1591

33. WINSTON-SALEM STATEUNIVERSITYWinston-Salem, North

Carolina 27102Enrollment: 1,401B.A., B.S.Tuition: $150 (IS)

$800 (OS)Room and Board: $704President:

Kenneth R. WilliamsFounded in 1892

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