Some Paradoxes In the Support of Predominantly Black Colleges.
The support of higher education by private philanthropy has long been an important part of the American tradition. Many of our leading private colleges and universities are maintained in very large part by the gifts of individuals, corporations, foundations, and churches. Many public educational institutions also receive significant portions of their current and capital needs from sources other than government. These facts are common knowledge. However, at least one significant aspect of this private support of higher education has received less attention than it deserves. Predominantly black colleges, both public and private, depend to a much greater extent upon private philanthropy than their white counterparts. A predominantly black college is defined as one where more than So percent of the student body is black.'