Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/

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The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/

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  • HBCU
  • HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
  • HBCUs
  • HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2025

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  • Black or African American 2023(2004)

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  1. I02w.783w.830w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099002. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099002
  2. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities
  3. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620945