Black colleges: Closing the gaps

Renee Harris peers at a distillation column in the chemical engineering lab at N.C. A&T State University,where more black students receive engineering degrees than at any other U.S. institution.

Photo by Kelly Pace for The News & Observer

Contents: Stories, editorials, letters, photos, graphics. Most of this material was published October 16 and 18, 1994, in The News & Observer

Taking the measure of success. North Carolina's historically black public universities have gained ground in student performance and enrollment. But the improvements come as the future of black colleges across the country is threatened. By TRISH WILSON.

GRAPHIC: Spending per student at UNC system campuses.

GRAPHIC: Spending vs. enrollment at UNC system campuses.

GRAPHIC: The challenges black schools face.

Degrees of change: the case for altering history. By TRISH WILSON.

Institutional profiles.

Chancellors lead the way. By TRISH WILSON.

Profile of Jimmy Jenkins.

Profile of Cleon Thompson.

Profile of Ed Fort.

Background

Text of 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Ayers vs. Fordice, Mississippi higher education segregation case.

Funding challenged at largely black colleges. By TRISH WILSON. (6/10/94)

"Inferior institutions." McAllister letter to The N&O. (6/19/94)

"Startling insensitivity." Letters and an N&O editorial responding to McAllister letter. (6/25/92)

UNC minority policy remains a hot topic. By TRISH WILSON. (7/8/94)

UNC plans overhaul of integration policy. By TRISH WILSON. (9/9/94)

© 1994 The News and Observer Publishing Co.