THE TAX-SUPPORTED COLLEGE FOR NEGROES.

This article focuses on tax-supported colleges for African Americans in the United States. The tendency of a higher institution to enroll the largest percent of its students from the community in which it is located and the practice of the state to establish different higher institutions at different locations within its boundaries suggest that the number and level of higher institutions, properly interpreted, may be used as a measure of the availability or status of higher education at any given period. The total number of higher institutions attended predominantly by African Americans increased from thirty-three in 1938 to thirty-six in 1958; while the total number of higher institutions attended predominantly by Whites increased from 188 in 1938 to 209 in 1958. It may be observed that in Negro colleges between 1938 and 1955, the undergraduate enrollment increased from approximately 16,000 to 38,000 and the graduate enrollment increased from 10 to over 2,000. The number of degrees conferred by higher institutions for Negroes increased from 2,000 undergraduate and four graduate degrees in 1938 to 6,600 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate degrees in 1955.