A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Biennial Evaluation Report - FY 93-94

Chapter 516

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Univeersities (Title III, Part B)

(CFDA No. 84.031B)

I. Program Profile

Legislation: Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, Title III, (Part B), P.L. 96-374, as amended by P.L. 99-498, P. L. 100-50, and P. L. 102-325 (20 U.S.C. 1060-1063c) (expires September 30, 1997).

Purpose: To strengthen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) so they may continue their unique role of educating black, educationally disadvantaged, and low-income students.

Funding History

Fiscal Year	Appropriation
1987	$51,741,000
1988	73,162,000
1989	84,422,000 1/
1990	95,366,000
1991	99,541,000
1992	111,731,000
1993	109,709,000
1994	116,719,000

1/ $4,500,000 was appropriated in FY 1989 for construction of a Health and Human Resources Center at Vorhees College.

II. Program Information and Analysis

Services

The Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program consists of two components:

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is a formula grant program for HBCUs designed to help improve their programs and management and enhance educational opportunities for students. It also is intended to facilitate a decrease in reliance on governmental financial support and to encourage reliance on endowments and private sources. Part B funds may be used to establish or strengthen the physical plants, faculty support, academic instruction, student services, funds development, financial management, academic resources, and endowments of HBCUs. Up to 50 percent of the funds may be used for construction or maintenance.
A Part B eligible institution is any accredited, legally authorized HBCU that was established prior to 1964 and whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans. A list of those HBCUs was published in the Federal Register of July 20, 1993. The appropriation is allotted among HBCUs according to the number of Pell Grant recipients among currently enrolled students (50 percent), number of graduates (25 percent), and percentage of graduates attending graduate or professional school in degree programs in which blacks are underrepresented (25 percent). The statute provides for a $500,000 minimum allotment for each eligible institution.
The Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions Program provides grants to the following five postgraduate institutions: Morehouse School of Medicine, Meharry Medical School, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, Atlanta University, and Tuskegee Institute of Veterinary Medicine. All institutions are required to match award amounts in excess of $500,000, except for Morehouse School of Medicine, which is authorized to receive $3 million. The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 provide for awards to the five originally funded institutions and authorizes awards to 11 additional historically black graduate and professional institutions should the program appropriations exceed 12 million dollars. Graduate institutions may use these grants for the same purposes as undergraduate HBCUs and, in addition, can use the funds to establish an endowment or a development office to increase contributions from private sources.

The distribution of Part B funds to institutions has remained relatively constant since 1989 (see Tables 1 and 2).

Support for HBCUs has increased 38 percent from FY 1989 to FY 1993, from $80 million to $110 million.
In FY 1993, 80 percent of funds went to four-year HBCUs. This percentage has remained relatively unchanged, increasing from 77 percent in FY 1989.
In FY 1992, 13 institutions received $350,000, the minimum level for awards at that time. Some of these schools have less than 200 students, resulting in an award per student in excess of $1,750. In FY 1993, 26 institutions received the new minimum award level of $500,000, resulting in awards exceeding $2,500 per student at some schools.
Over the seven-year period of funding (1987-1993), there has been an increase in the size of awards received through the program. This is shown by the increase of awards exceeding l million dollars, from 1987 to 1993, the number of awards over 1 million dollars increased from 1 to 49.

Table 1

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program Obligations by Institutional Type and Control
Fiscal Years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993

Instititutional Type and Control	FY 1989			FY 1990			FY 1991
Instititutional Type and Control	Number of Awards	Obligations	% of Total Dollars	Number of Awards	Obligations	% of Total Dollars	Number of Awards	Obligations	% of Total Dollars
Four-Year Private	43	$27,198,775	34.0%	41	$30,321,875	31.8%	43	$33,788,427	33.9%
Four-Year Public	40	34,585,508	43.2	41	44,758,200	46.9	39	45,109,118	45.3%
Two-Year Private	6	2,312,613	2.9	6	2,100,000	2.2	6	2,100,000	2.1
Two-Year Public	9	5,011,104	6.3	10	6,717,925	7.0	10	6,832,313	6.9
Graduate*	5	10,868,888	13.6	5	11,468,000	12.0	5	11,710,848	11.8
Total	103	$79,976,888	100.0%	103	$95,366,000	100.0%	103	$99,540,706	100.0%

*The five black graducate institutions.

Instititutional Type and Control FY 1992 FY 1993
Number of Awards Obligations % of Total Dollars Number of Awards Obligations % of Total Dollars

Four-Year Private 43 $38,178,337 34.2 44 $37,565,076 34.2
Four-Year Public 39 51,512,154 46.1 39 50,086,109 45.7
Two-Year Private 6 2,371,411 2.1 6 3,000,000 2.7
Two-Year Public 11 7,957,973 7.1 11 7,556,815 6.9
Graduate* 5 11,711,000 10.5 5 11,501,000 10.5
Total 104 $111,730,875 100.0% 105 $109,709,000 100.0%

Instititutional Type and Control	FY 1992	FY 1993
Number of Awards	Obligations	% of Total Dollars	Number of Awards	Obligations	% of Total Dollars
Four-Year Private	43	$38,178,337	34.2	44	$37,565,076	34.2
Four-Year Public	39	51,512,154	46.1	39	50,086,109	45.7
Two-Year Private	6	2,371,411	2.1	6	3,000,000	2.7
Two-Year Public	11	7,957,973	7.1	11	7,556,815	6.9
Graduate*	5	11,711,000	10.5	5	11,501,000	10.5
Total	104	$111,730,875	100.0%	105	$109,709,000	100.0%

Source: III.1

Table 2

Number of Institutions by Size of Award

Range of Awards To Institutions by Year and Amount

TOTALS
	$350,000 500,000	500,001- 1,000,000	1,000,000 and Above	Average Award
1987	57	45	1 103	$502,339
1988	23	67	11 101	724,376
1989	21	68	14 103	776,475
1990	17	58	28 103	925,883
1991	17	51	35 103	966,415
1992	13	46	45 104	1,074,335
1993	26*	30	49 105	1,044,848