14 BLACK COLLEGES TO CLOSE DOWN FOREVER

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by alum

Are the other ethnicities that you mention in the majority when you add all 3 sectors together or do any of the ethnicities actually outnumber African-Americans individually?

Lincoln University of Missouri - http://www.lincolnu.edu/
54% Caucasian non-Hispanic
1% Asian/Pacific Islander
1% Hispanic
38% Black non-Hispanic

[alum]

Originally Posted by aopirose

Lincoln University of Missouri - http://www.lincolnu.edu/
54% Caucasian non-Hispanic
1% Asian/Pacific Islander
1% Hispanic
38% Black non-Hispanic

Does that change their funding status? Does the UNCF and other organizations support this school despite the fact that less than 40% of the student population is Black/Non-Hispanic? Do alumni/ae support a school that has changed so much?

I know many women who graduated from institutions that were single-sex at the time but are now coed. These alumnae are 50-50 in terms of supporting their alma maters financially or otherwise. The women who don't donate to their alma mater specifically do not donate because they did not agree with their colleges' decisions to go co-ed. The women who do donate regard the college decision as a necessary move to remain competitive.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by alum

Does that change their funding status? Does the UNCF and other organizations support this school despite the fact that less than 40% of the student population is Black/Non-Hispanic?

Lincoln University is a public Missouri university and I would assume that it is funded accordingly by the state. I would also assume that it qualifies for whatever other federal funding that a public institution would be accorded.

As for the UNCF, only 39 private schools are member institutions and they can receive direct support for their academic programs and some scholarships. Lincoln University would not qualify for membership since it is a public school. Students, regardless of race, may apply directly for a UNCF scholarship and they do not have to attend an HBCU or a member institution. http://www.uncf.org/aboutus/faqs.asp

[DeltAlum]

I'm pretty sure the Central State is also a state supported university -- thus the name Central State, like Ohio State, etc.

[RU OX Alum]

I'm giving any money to Radford untill they change their administration.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by aopirose

Lincoln University is a public Missouri university and I would assume that it is funded accordingly by the state. I would also assume that it qualifies for whatever other federal funding that a public institution would be accorded.

As for the UNCF, only 39 private schools are member institutions and they can receive direct support for their academic programs and some scholarships. Lincoln University would not qualify for membership since it is a public school. Students, regardless of race, may apply directly for a UNCF scholarship and they do not have to attend an HBCU or a member institution. http://www.uncf.org/aboutus/faqs.asp

Lincoln University was the Black College in Missouri for a very long time. It was then brought in the school system and was opened up to whites and others or be closed. The state would not let that happen so it was then brought under the state system, not The Un. Mo. system which is different.

They are now a very viable State College/University. They are given funding as all schools are for the % of students attending. But, it is never enough as the coin of the rehlm is very tight everywhere.