Allen University. Claflin University. American Baptist College. Lane College. Huston-Tillotson University. Paul Quinn College. University of the Virgin Islands. Hampton University. Of course, we will always work to improve those numbers. But as much as they show us room for growth, they simultaneously evidence an encouraging amount of progress. Without a doubt, the numbers underscore the significance of our mission and show how important HBCUs are to the students who attend them and to the country as a whole.
As we work to provide more brilliant students with a quality education, we invite you to join us and become an HBCU supporter. Undergraduate and graduate students may pursue nationally accredited programs in the professions, the sciences, and the liberal arts, and the top five majors at SSU include social work, criminal justice, business management, mass communications, and biology.
Other undergraduate degrees include behavior analysis, print and online journalism, and Africana studies. A total of 15 graduate and undergraduate STEM degrees are available as well.
Virginia State University, the first fully state-supported four-year HBCU in the country, is a comprehensive university and one of two land-grant postsecondary institutions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia State has been recognized among the top HBCU universities in the nation for its volunteer commitments, service learning, and civic engagement.
Virginia State provides 55 terminal, graduate, and undergraduate degree programs within its schools in the humanities and social sciences, engineering and technology, education, business, agriculture, natural and health sciences, and graduate studies.
Popular areas of study include visual communications art and design, family and consumer sciences, electrical and electronic engineering, manufacturing engineering, health and physical education, and agriculture.
Founded in as the Norfolk branch of Virginia State University, Norfolk State University later served as a polytechnic college before becoming an official university in Undergraduates can choose from more than 30 degree programs, most of which are focused on the social sciences such as social work, media and communications, sociology, political science, and history. WSSU offers more than 50 certification, graduate, and undergraduate degree programs, most of which are concentrated in the College of Arts, Sciences, Business, and Education.
Programs are available in fields like nursing, health management, exercise physiology, and clinical laboratory science. On-campus students can choose to live in seven themed residence halls, including Live to Serve, Women Involved in Leadership Development, and Women in Science and Health.
AAMU reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant postsecondary institution, combining liberal arts, vocational, and professional pursuits throughout its schools and colleges. For nearly the last decade, AAMU has been recognized as one of the top HBCUs in the country and a top producer of degrees among African-Americans and other minorities in fields such as the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, education, conservation and natural resources, communication technologies, biology and biomedical sciences, and agriculture.
A center of excellence and substance, AAMU provides a setting for the emergence of thinkers, leaders, scholars, and other contributors to society. The school also offers study-abroad programs in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and African for both service learning and academics. In addition, students can choose from more than active organizations that cover 13 different areas of interest. Bowie State University, founded in the s, was initially a Baptist church offering free teaching classes that was later named the Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers.
Bowie State is also known for its teacher education programs, offering a total of eight undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as pathways in school counseling and educational leadership.
Fayetteville State University was established in as the first state-sponsored teaching college for African-American students. Established by Joseph Holley, the son of freed slaves, in , the school played a key role in history when several of its students helped to form the Albany Movement, a movement in which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students may also choose from more than 20 health professions programs such as multiple certification pathways and degrees in fields like nursing and emergency medical services.
Founded by Civil War engineer Oliver O. Howard in , Howard University is comprised of 13 colleges and schools. Howard confers more than graduate and undergraduate degree programs each year to nearly 10, undergraduate and graduate students from 70 countries and all 50 states. Its School of Law is recognized as a major producer of public service graduates, and its College of Medicine is known not only as a premier training site for female surgeons but also as a leading institution for healthcare workers and physicians that help underserved populations.
It also encourages the private sector to assist HBCUs. This office also coordinates the activities of 27 federal departments and agencies in implementing Executive Order These agencies were selected for participation in the program because they account for 98 percent of federal funds directed to our colleges and universities.
Selecting a college in which to enroll is a very personal choice. However, HBCUs offer a valuable option for minority and nonminority students alike. Some of the factors that make HBCUs attractive include:. Many HBCUs have lower tuition and fees compared to traditionally white institutions.
A number also offer a broad spectrum of financial assistance to qualified students and have extensive experience in identifying sources of financial support for deserving students. Financial assistance may come in the form of scholarships, loans, and grants to cover the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, books, supplies, personal expenses, and transportation. HBCUs often serve students from a wide range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Students interested in the humanities, or in such areas as sociology, psychology, economics, government, urban planning, etc. Nonresident aliens constitute a large portion of the student enrollment at many HBCUs. A number of foreign students and professors at HBCUs participate in student or faculty exchange programs. In general, HBCUs aim to be sensitive to the needs of foreign students and provide students an opportunity to associate with different nationalities and to learn about cultural diversities.
Multicultural exposures are expected to become increasingly valuable as the demographics of the American work force change and America competes more aggressively in the world economy.
Today many HBCUs have a racially diverse students enrollment at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Also, the majority of HBCUs continue to have a racially diverse faculty and administration. HBCUs are presently more racially desegregated, with respect to their enrollment and staff, than traditionally white institutions. HBCUs may offer a more supportive educational setting for students encountering some difficulty in realizing their full academic potential.
HBCUs generally offer a broad range of effective remedial programs for students. Many HBCUs have established developmental centers, reading laboratories, and expanded tutorial and counseling services to accommodate the special needs of educationally disadvantaged students.
In addition, a strong commitment by many HBCUs to serve all students has resulted in high rates of graduation. Traditionally, the faculties at many HBCUs place as much, or more, emphasis on teaching and student service oriented activities as on research. This permits more time for personal and high quality student-teacher interactions. In addition, many teachers at HBCUs have experience in working with minority students and students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
Research findings indicate that these factors are important for the academic success of many minority students. As a result of the desegregation plans approved by OCR under Title VI, many state systems of higher education have placed new high demand programs and curricula-such as engineering, pharmacy, and computer science-at HBCUs.
Students considering options in postsecondary education are faced with one of the most difficult and important choices of their lives. Their decisions should lead to informed selections reflecting the broadest possible range of educational opportunities. The Office for Civil Rights is committed to equality of opportunity in education. OCR conducts complaint investigations and compliance reviews to ensure Title VI requirements are being followed.
Also, OCR supports the efforts to comply with Title VI by offering a program of technical assistance to institutions receiving federal funds as well as to beneficiaries of those funds. If you wish additional information about the OCR compliance program, you may write or phone the OCR regional office which serves your state or territory.
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