Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Their Place in American Higher Education

by Komanduri S. Murty and Julian B. Roebuck

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have served a population under severe legal, educational, economic, and political restrictions. They have maintained a close relationship with the struggle of blacks for survival, advancement, and equality in American society. By comparison with other colleges, they are poor in financial resources physical plant, and teaching facilities. They face opposition from the white power structure and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275942678
• ISBN13: 9780275942670
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"