The Present Status of Higher Education of Negroes

One of the very interesting chapters in the development of higher education of the South could be written about the Negro colleges. The history of higher education of Negroes covers a period of about seventy years. The first half of the period was characterized by: (a) The establishment of a large number of schools; (b) the eminence of the private and denominational schools; (c) enrollment in colleges consisted primarily of elementary and secondary students; and (d) support was largely from sympathetic individuals and organizations outside the South. The second half of the period has been characterized by: (a) The rapid development of publicly-supported colleges; (b) substantial growth of the number of college students enrolled and a marked decrease in the number of elementary and secondary students; (c) increased appropriations of public and private funds for higher education; (d) marked improvement in the content offered and in the quality of instruction; (e) a tendency to merge and develop colleges in strategic centers; and (f) growing necessity for endowment of the private and denominational colleges in these centers, due to lack of adequate continuous support from other sources

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