*The Mission Continues*

Annual Report to the President

on the Results of Participation of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities in Federal Programs

2002-03

By the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities

### U.S. Department of Education

Office of Postsecondary Education

2005

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U.S. Department of Education

Margaret Spellings

# *Secretary*

**Office of Postsecondary Education**

Sally L. Stroup

*Assistant Secretary*

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

## Wilbert Bryant

*Counselor to the Secretary for the*

*White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities*

September 2005

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**CONTENTS**

List of
Figures.................................................................................................iv

Chairman's
Letter.............................................................................................v

President's Board of
Advisors...........................................................................\...vii

Acknowledgments.......................................................................................
....ix

Preface......................................................................................................
...xi

Executive
Summary.......................................................................................
....1

Introduction................................................................................................
.....3

Overall Performance
Analysis...........................................................................
....5

Review of Previous
Recommendations...............................................................
....11

Continuing Needs of
HBCUs...........................................................................
....13

How HBCUs Can Further Strengthen the
Nation................................................... .....15

Capacity-Building and Private Sector
Initiatives................................................... ...\...19

The Importance of
Accountability.....................................................................
....21

President's Advisory Board
Recommendations........................................\...............
...23

Appendix A\
Table of Abbreviations and Federal Agency
Acronyms..........................\...............25

Appendix B\
Federal HBCU Funding by Agency Actual and
Inflation-Adjusted..........................27

Appendix C\
Comparison of HBCU Funding to Total for IHE
Funding.............................. ......31

Appendix D\
Funding History of Traditionally White Institutions and Historically
Black Colleges and

Universities, Land-Grant Awards by Institutions,
1997-2001.................................33

Appendix E

Executive Order
13256.............................................................................37

Appendix F\
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities............................................. ......41

Appendix G\
Recommendations From 2001-02 Annual
Report..............................................45

Appendix H\
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities....................61

**Figures**

Figure 1: Federal Funding for HBCUs, Totals by Year, Actual vs.
Inflation-Adjusted.......6

Figure 2: Comparison of HBCU Funding to Total IHE Funding 1993 Through
2002\
(In
Dollars).................................................................................\...7

Figure 3: HBCU Funding as a Percent of Total IHE Funding, 1993 Through
2002... ........8

Figure 4: Federal Funding for HBCUs, Increase or Decrease by Agency,
2001 vs. 2002.....9

Figure 5: Comparison of Actual HBCU funding Against Recommended\
10 Percent Goal,
2002...............................................................
......12

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# March 18, 2005

President George W. Bush

The White House

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

The members of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities are honored to serve and to present their
2002-03 annual report entitled *The Mission Continues.* We are excited
about your continuing support of these institutions. They have and
continue to serve as a national treasure to our nation.

A requirement under presidential Executive Order 13256 calls for a
report "...on the progress achieved in enhancing the capacity of
historically black colleges and universities to serve their students,
including funding and recommendations for individual departments and
agencies...." We have reviewed and analyzed various reports to
illustrate how this federal mandate has impacted the continued growth,
development and viability of historically black colleges and
universities.

*The Mission Continues* outlines the rationale for continuing support of
these institutions. It also suggests a strategic plan for increased
participation and support by the federal government and the private
sector. The board's unanimous approval of the report reinforces a desire
to ensure that the spirit of Executive Order 13256 is properly
implemented at all levels to provide the necessary resources to equip
all HBCUs with the tools needed to provide excellent higher educational
opportunities for their students.

We applaud your efforts under the *No Child Left Behind Act* and are
poised to assist you in implementing the legislation and carrying out
Executive Order 13256. We thank you for the opportunity to serve and
look forward to working with you and Secretary Spellings to implement
the tenets of this presidential mandate.

We extend to you our best wishes and support as you continue your
leadership of our great nation.

Sincerely yours,

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.

Chairman

President's Board of Advisors on

> Historically Black Colleges and Universities

**President's Board of Advisors on**

# **Historically Black Colleges and Universities**

# 

# ***Louis Sullivan (Chairman)***

President Emeritus

Morehouse School of Medicine

720 Westview Drive, S.W.

Atlanta, GA 30310

# ***Arlene Ackerman***

Superintendent of San Francisco

Unified School District

555 Franklin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

***Hazo Carter Jr.***

President

West Virginia State College

P.O. Box 399

Institute, WV 25112

***Lawrence A. Davis Jr.***

Chancellor

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

1200 North University Drive

Pine Bluff, AR 71601

***Harold Doley Jr.***

Madam C.J. Walker Estate

Irvington on Hudson, NY 10533-1316

# ***Elson Floyd***

President, University of Missouri System

321 University Hall

Columbia, MO 65211

# ***Eugene Hale*** 

President

G & C Equipment Corporation

1875 West Redondo Beach Blvd.

Suite 102

Gardena, CA 90247

# ***Ernest Holloway***

President

Langston University

P.O. Box 907

Langston, OK 73050

# 

# ***William Kirwan***

Chancellor

University System of Maryland

3300 Metzerott Road

Adelphi, MD 20783

# ***Michael Lomax***

President & CEO

United Negro College Fund

8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive\
P.O. Box 10444\
Fairfax, VA 22031-8044

***Ronald Francis Mason Jr.***

President

Jackson State University

P.O. Box 17390

Jackson, MS 39217

# 

# ***Marie McDemmond***

President

Norfolk State University

700 Park Avenue

Norfolk, VA 23504

# 

# ***Bernard Milano***

President

KPMG Foundation

3 Chestnut Ridge Road

Montvale, NJ 07645

# 

# ***Girard Miller***

Chief Operating Officer

Janus Capital Group

100 Filmore Street

Denver, CO 80206

***James Renick***

Chancellor

North Carolina A&T State Univ.

1601 East Market Street

Greensboro, NC 27411

# ***Ricardo Romo***

President

University of Texas

6900 Northloop, 1604 W.

San Antonio, TX 78249

# ***Dianne Boardley Suber***

President

St. Augustine College

1513 Oakwood Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27610

# ***Joyce Tucker***

Vice President, Global Diversity

Boeing Corporation

100 N. Riverside

MS 5002-9140

Chicago, IL 60606

######### John Waddell

President

St. Paul's College

115 College Drive

Lawrenceville, VA 23868

# ***Timothy Walker***

Manager, Government Relations

Illinois Department of Employment Security

850 E. Madison, 3rd Floor

Springfield, IL 62702-5603

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The members of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities are honored to serve the president and the
secretary on providing recommendations and a status update on the
nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The board has
worked diligently to present a document that will outline the activities
of Executive Order 13256. The board deeply appreciates the assistance
and cooperation provided by the secretary of education and her staff,
which assured the completion of this 2002-03 annual report.

We are especially grateful to Grigsby and Associates, LLC., and the
staff of the White House Initiative on HBCUs for working with this board
to capture the essence of the current state of the implementation of
this presidential mandate. We would also like to thank the participating
governmental agencies that provided plans and reports that formed the
basis of much of the data contained in this document. This effort would
not have been possible without their cooperation and assistance.

***Preface***

**Statement Reinforcing and Supporting the Role of**

**Historically Black Colleges and Universities**

There are 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in
the nation, which were founded prior to 1964. *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.\"

These HBCUs were formed to eliminate the adverse residue from slavery,
plus a century of legally sanctioned discrimination, against United
States citizens of African descent. Both the genesis of and the
rationale for HBCUs are different and distinct from those of
institutions serving other minority groups in the United States (often
referred to as Minority Serving Institutions, or MSIs).

HBCUs make a strong and unique contribution to the United States by
providing an education to many socioeconomically disadvantaged young
people among the nation's African American and other minority
populations. The nation's HBCUs provide a supportive environment in
which qualities of leadership, strong values, and character are
developed, along with a strong sense of identity and self-actualization.

The participation of the graduates of HBCUs in the nation's business,
social and political systems, and in the military services adds great
economic and social value to our nation. Their involvement in the social
and political discourse of the United States strengthens our democracy
and its stability.

Therefore, HBCUs have received, and continue to deserve, legislative
distinction as well as recognition, commendations and financial support
from all segments of our society: federal, state and local governments;
corporations, foundations and associations; and individuals.

Statement Adopted by:

*President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities*

December 2004

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Chairman

### **EXECUTIVE SUMMARY**

Executive Order (EO) 13256, signed by President George W. Bush on Feb.
12, 2002, was the latest in a succession of presidential executive
orders in support of HBCUs dating back to 1980. EO 13256 further
expanded two dimensions contained in prior executive orders
capacity-building initiatives and a private sector strategy.

For the last decade---1993-2002---federal-support to HBCUs increased by
\$639 million, or 60 percent. However, during that same 10-year period,
federal support for all institutions of higher education increased by 79
percent. In fact, federal support for HBCUs as a percentage of support
for all institutions of higher learning decreased over that period from
4.60 percent to 4.10 percent. The board is concerned that federal
support for HBCUs is not keeping pace with overall federal support for
institutions of higher education. In addition, over 40 percent of all
federal support for HBCUs comes from two programs operated by the
Department of Education: Title III Institutional Aid and Title IV
Student Financial Aid. Without those two programs, the picture of
federal support for the nation's HBCUs would be bleak indeed.

The board is concerned that previous recommendations made in prior
presidential advisory board reports have not been adequately addressed.
More needs to be done in that regard. In addition, the board is deeply
concerned that EO 13256 is not being fully implemented. Equally
troubling is whether the board will be able to fulfill its mission of
enhancing support for HBCUs and to perform its responsibility to produce
an annual report assessing the actions of the departments and agencies
in that regard. There has been a sharp decrease in department and agency
responses to data requests for the annual reportsif that trend is not
reversedit will be virtually impossible for the board to carry out the
president's mandates.

The board makes seven recommendations that are designed to strengthen
the implementation of Executive Order 13256 and thereby provide
increased federal support for the nation's Historically Black Colleges
and Universities. These recommendations are:

-   That the president expeditiously call an *Interagency Summit* of all
    covered agencies and departments for the purpose of showing his
    personal commitment to strengthening the implementation of Executive
    Order 13256;

-   That *previous board recommendations be implemented,* as articulated
    in board reports of 1996, 1999, and 2001-02;

-   That agencies and departments annual *reporting be regularized and
    made timely;*

-   That *improved coordination* between covered agencies and
    departments and the Office of Management and Budget be achieved in
    order that annual plans for assisting HBCUs are in fact reflected in
    the budget process;

-   That a *uniform definition of "capacity-building"* efforts be
    established and shared with all covered agencies and departments;

-   That the White House Initiative Office *identify and share best
    practices* for providing support to HBCUs with all covered agencies
    and departments; and

-   That the White House Initiative Office establish a process to
    annually report on the *status of the implementation of
    recommendations* from the President's Advisory Board on HBCUs.

**INTRODUCTION**

This is the second annual report of the President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities ("the board") under
Executive Order (EO) 13256. The first annual report issued by the
current board, in April 2004, was entitled *Building Capacity for a Bold
New Future*. This report will build upon the findings and
recommendations of that report. It will not seek to duplicate those
findings, although it does endorse those recommendations. The focus of
this report will be the fiscal year 2002 performance of federal agencies
under EO 13256. It will also review federal agency responses to previous
Executive Orders on HBCUs.

President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13256 on Feb. 12, 2002.
It was a continuation of a succession of executive orders dating back to
1980 when President Jimmy Carter signed EO 12232. The executive orders
on HBCUs continued under Presidents Ronald Reagan (EO 12320), George
H.W. Bush (EO 12677), and William J. Clinton (EO 12876). Each executive
order for HBCUs was designed to enhance federal support for the nation's
HBCUs and advance the nation's full human potential as a result of that
support.

President George W. Bush, as well as previous presidents, should be
commended for recognizing the important role played by the nation's
HBCUs. For over a century, HBCUs have not only been producing graduates
who have contributed to improving the quality of life for all Americans,
they have also been conducting research that has strengthened the
country's infrastructure and advanced the frontiers of knowledge. HBCUs
have traditionally done much with meager resources. However, by
recognizing the importance of these institutions, and by providing
additional aid to them, the nation will be further strengthened.
Executive Order 13256 provides a framework for that support.

This report will carefully review the level of agency and departmental
support for HBCUs over the past decade. In some instances, an exact
comparison cannot be made because some departments and agencies were
reconfigured. However, every attempt was made to evaluate comparable
agency and department data over the 10-year period. The report will also
review the change in the level of funding for the institutions from
fiscal years 2001 and 2002. *The overall goal of this report is to
assess the level of federal support for HBCUs, as well as to explore
ways in which EO 13256 can be made more effective.*

**OVERALL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS**

From the period 1993-2002, federal funding for HBCUs has increased \$639
million or 60 percent, an average of 6 percent per year. When factoring
in the impact of inflation, the overall federal HBCU funding increase
drops to 24 percent, an annual average of 2.4 percent. During that same
10-year period, federal funding for all institutions of higher education
increased by \$18.4 billion, an increase of 79 percent. When adjusting
for inflation, the overall federal funding increase for all institutions
of higher education was 40 percent.

In 2002, federal agencies spent \$41.6 billion for all institutions of
higher education, while \$1.7 billion (or 4 percent) was spent for
HBCUs. Of the \$1.7 billion provided to HBCUs, \$ 1.1 billion came from
the Department of Education and 67 percent of that amount came from two
programs---Title III and Title IV student financial aid. The other 28
federal agencies accounted for 37 percent of federal funding in fiscal
year 2002.

Overall funding to HBCUs increased by 6 percent (or \$101 million) in
2002. Substantially all of this increase was from two agencies, the
Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.
54 percent \*\* of the 29 reporting federal agencies in 2002, reported
decreased funding for HBCUs since 2001.

From 1993-2002, federal funding for HBCUs as a percentage of federal
funding for all institutions of higher education, has declined slightly
from 4.60 percent in 1993 to 4.10 percent in 2002. There have been some
dramatic changes within certain agencies and departments ---specifically
the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and NASA. But
overall, HBCU funding, as a percentage of overall IHE funding, has gone
down.

The following charts illustrate the pattern of federal agency funding
from 1993 through 2002. Actual funding levels are contained in
Appendices A and B.

**\*\*Excludes agencies reporting in 2002 but did not report in 2001**

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**Years**

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**REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS**

The board's 2001-02 annual report contained specific recommendations for
20 agencies or departments (see Appendix F). The board reaffirms its
commitment to the specific agency or department recommendations
contained in its 2001-02 annual report.

The board also continues to endorse the recommendations contained in
previous White House Initiative reports for the years 1995 and 1999.
There are several themes that are included in all of the previous
recommendations. The key recommendations are the need for:

-   **Increased agency support from discretionary funding accounts.**

-   **Establishment of Federal Centers of Excellence at HBCUs.**

-   **Enhanced support for doctoral education at HBCUs.**

-   **Enhancing HBCU role in the nation's public health policy.**

-   **Increasing support for capital projects at HBCUs.**

The board expresses strong support for maintaining focus on their key
themes and believes they should receive continued emphasis from federal
agencies and departments.

Perhaps the most significant recommendation contained in the board's
2001-02 annual report is the one calling for the establishment of a 10
percent funding goal for HBCUs. Under that provision, each agency award
of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements (or other procurement or
research and development instruments to HBCUs), would be equal to at
least 10 percent of the amount the agency awards to all institutions of
higher education. The following chart shows what impact a 10 percent
provision would have had, if it had been in effect for the 2002 fiscal
year.

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**CONTINUING NEEDS OF HBCUs**

The board recommends that specific programs be enacted or enhanced to
provide assistance in each of the following areas of continuing need:

**Strengthening Fiscal and Financial Management Practices**

Strong fiscal and financial management practices are vital to the
stability of all higher education institutions. Given the myriad
existing and constantly changing guidelines and regulations relating to
managing student financial aid and other fiscal and management
practices, it is imperative that staff are well trained professionals,
equipped with the latest hardware and software technology. In addition,
they must have the resources to keep current by participating in
professional development activities.

**Advancing Faculty and Institutional Development**

Keeping pace with the latest practices and standards requires that
faculty be abreast of current information relating to their field of
expertise. Time and resources are needed to facilitate certain
professional development activities, including attending symposia,
professional conferences and seminars, as well as engaging in research
and writing activities that expand their base of knowledge and
proficiency in their chosen fields of expertise. Likewise, institutions
must keep current with the needs of the populations they serve by
enhancing the infrastructure, providing academic resources and building
endowments to sustain the institution and ensure its longevity. Most
HBCUs lack adequate financial resources to systematically carry out
these vital functions.

**Strengthening Academic Programs**

Academic programs must keep pace with the demands of the institution's
constituencies and the demands of the workforce. Additionally,
institutions must perform ongoing internal analyses and evaluation of
their curricula to produce students that have the skills consistent with
those required by the demands of the workplace. Adequate financial
resources are needed for these activities.

**Advancing Research Capabilities**

The ability of an institution to generate research aids in attracting
and retaining highly qualified faculty and staff, as well as enabling
faculty to remain on the cutting edge of their disciplines. It also
enhances the institution's ability generate additional revenue, recruit
top notch students and strengthens the institution's prestige. The
federal government should help strengthen the research capabilities of
HBCUs by providing research opportunities and by enhancing their
capacity to attract research dollars.

**Improving Technology**

Technology is never inert. It is a dynamic force that constantly
produces change. The cost of technology is very high. Assistance is
needed not only to help HBCUs secure the most up-to- date technology
available but also to enhance their infrastructure to accommodate the
use of the technology of today and into the future.

**Supporting Capital Improvements**

Capital improvements are usually costly undertakings. HBCUs continue to
need improvements and upgrades to their physical plants, as well as new
structures, in order for them to remain competitive and attractive. The
federal government could and should play a significant role in
supporting capital improvements at HBCUs.

**HOW HBCUs CAN FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE NATION**

The board believes that HBCUs can further assist the nation in
developing its full human potential, by expanding support, enabling them
to achieve the following:

**Develop Greater K-16 Linkages**

Expand partnerships to enhance successful student progress from
kindergarten to the baccalaureate level, with particular emphasis on the
articulation and transfer of community college students to HBCUs.

Increase Participation in School Improvement and Enhanced Teacher
Education Initiatives---Especially in Math and Science

The secretary of education should make special efforts to involve HBCUs
in the *No Child Left Behind Act* and other efforts targeted to enhance
school and teacher effectiveness. A research center involving the HBCU
community should be established to investigate and analyze the issues
impacting the education of low income and otherwise disadvantaged
minority students who participate in the Head Start, Title I and Pell
Grant programs.

**Improve Minority Doctoral Productivity**

Increase funding for the establishment of more doctoral programs at
eligible HBCUs and reduce the financial barriers for minority doctoral
study. There is a critical need for increasing doctoral productivity,
especially in math and science. Increased funding for targeted
scholarship and fellowship assistance for minority students interested
in pursuing doctoral degrees should be made available. Because the need
in this area is so great, the board intends to devote more attention to
this area in future reports.

**Increase Participation in International Education Programs and
Initiatives ---**

**Including Foreign Language Education**

Recent events amplify the critical need to include and cultivate more
people of color to participate in the nation's global outreach diplomacy
and national security efforts. To date, current efforts have proven
inadequate to generate significant numbers of prepared graduates.
Additional strategies should be employed and resources provided to
strengthen and expand the capacity of HBCUs to participate more fully in
this arena. Systematic and focused efforts to enhance the capacities of
these institutions and to increase the numbers of students with vast
knowledge about the world---its geographic regions, cultures, and
languages. In addition, the board reiterates its recommendation to (1)
establish an HBCU scholarship or fellowship program to encourage
minority students at HBCUs to pursue careers in intelligence and related
fields and (2) create at least three HBCU Foreign Language Centers to
provide instruction in the less commonly taught languages. The nation's
HBCUs can play a crucial role in advancing diplomatic and security
efforts that are critical to America's continued safety and prosperity.

**Strengthen Participation in Homeland Security Initiatives**

HBCUs are well poised to participate in America's homeland security
efforts. Hence, the board strongly endorses the inclusion of a role for
HBCUs in ensuring the security of the nation and protecting Americans
from terrorist attacks. Specifically, HBCU expertise should be utilized
to participate in areas where they have demonstrated proficiencies. Such
areas include, (1) conducting research related to bioterrorism and food
protection; (2) developing and participating in public health response
strategies that utilize medical and dental expertise, as well as,
nursing and allied health programs; and (3) utilizing hospital
facilities and knowledge of the minority communities and their
capabilities to develop training programs to produce private and public
sector security, including security for airports and other
transportation hubs. Many federal agencies could benefit by increasing
their utilization of HBCUs to meet their specific homeland security
research, development, management goals and objectives.

**Assist in Closing the Minority Health Care Disparity Gap**

In contrast to significant societal improvements in overall health and
life expectancy, for African Americans and other racial and ethnic
minorities, stark disparities persist. This is particularly the case
with respect to illnesses and death rates due to cancer, diabetes, HIV
and AIDS, strokes and infant mortality. HBCU-affiliated health care
providers are particularly well positioned to offer services to improve
the overall health status of these populations because they are
typically better informed about the health attitudes and culture in
these communities. Moreover, federal agencies, such as the Office of
Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services, can
leverage their resources by partnering with HBCUs to facilitate the
development of research strategies, as well as the implementation and
expansion of prevention, immunization and other wellness programs.

**Confronting the Gender Gap at the Postsecondary Level**

For the past four decades, women have comprised an increasingly larger
proportion of enrollments in HBCUs than men. According to the National
Center for Education Statistics, in 2001, women comprised 61 percent of
HBCU enrollment. While the college-going rate for African American women
should certainly continue to be encouraged, the reduction in the
percentage of African American men pursuing baccalaureate degrees is
cause for concern. While the causes for this phenomenon are
many---including higher high school dropout rates for males, peer
pressure, which lowers academic expectations, and fewer college
placement courses available in minority elementary and high
schools---the fact remains, that a significant portion of the nation's
human potential is being underutilized and neglected. African American
males remain a significant part of America's human potential for the
future. As such, HBCUs are critically positioned to help address the
growing disparity in attendance rates. Special efforts should be
undertaken, by federal agencies and departments, to assist HBCUs in
devising strategies and solutions to increase the college-going rates of
African American males.

**CAPACITY-BUILDING**

**AND PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES**

Two key elements of Executive Order (EO) 13256 are the requirement of
federal agencies to identify capacity-building activities for HBCUs and
for the development of a private sector strategy for assisting HBCUs.
The EO states, "Each executive department and agency identified by the
Secretary shall develop an annual plan for, and shall document the
agency's effort in, increasing the capacity of historically black
colleges and universities to participate in Federal programs" (Section
6). The EO also states, "The Board, in consultation with the Department
of Education and other executive departments and agencies, shall develop
a Private Sector Strategy to assist historically black colleges and
universities in: (1) increasing voluntary private-sector contributions
to support the enhancement of endowments and the overall financial
stability of such institutions; (2) improving and enhancing the quality
and number of private-sector partnerships focused on academic program
development, student achievement and faculty development, cooperative
research and development projects, and faculty exchanges; and (3)
improving information management, and facilities, and strengthening
academic course offerings" (Section 9).

The board strongly supports these two provisions and believes, when
fully implemented, they will significantly strengthen support for HBCUs.
The board is encouraged by the initial private sector reaction to its
efforts to establish its private sector strategy. Several key
partnerships have already been initiated, including:

-   **Business School Deans Summit**

> Designed to provide support for business schools at HBCUs through
> strengthening business accreditation, faculty exchanges, and
> increasing private sector resources flowing to schools of business;

-   **Directors of Career Services or Vice Presidents and Academic
    Affairs Team Partnerships**

> Designed to assist career services departments, at HBCUs, to increase
> program capacity through expanded private sector internships, co-ops,
> faculty exchanges, and collaboration with private sector corporations;

-   **HBCU Presidential Asset and Financial Management Institute**

> Designed to provide presidents a substantive and interactive
> educational program to enhance their ability to more effectively
> oversee the financial management of their institutions. It brings
> together senior private sector corporate leadership and HBCU
> presidential leadership to accomplish its objective;

-   **Entrepreneurship Institute**

> Designed to bring top private sector entrepreneurs and HBCU presidents
> together to share leadership knowledge and strengthen the extent to
> which the tools and skills of entrepreneurship can enhance HBCUs; and

-   **DVD National Communications Project**

> Designed to produce a national HBCU DVD that would increase national
> awareness of the value and successes of HBCUs to the private sector.
> Such a tool would generate increased interest in partnerships, funding
> and other resources.

The board commends those private sector companies that are participating
in the above listed projects and strongly encourages others to come
forward. The board also strongly recommends that special attention be
given to the implementation of Sections 6 (the development of annual
federal agency plans) and 9 (the Private Sector Strategy to support
endowments, private sector partnerships and more) of Executive Order
13256.

**THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY**

In the previous three president's advisory board reports (1996, 1999,
and 2001-02), numerous recommendations were made (a full listing is
contained in Appendix F). Some of those recommendations have been
addressed. However, for the most part, the recommendations still await
serious consideration. As previously stated in this report, the board
affirms its support for prior recommendations and adopts them as a part
of this report.

The board also notes, with concern, what seems to be an emerging trend.
In FY 2002, two (2) agencies---the Department of Defense and the Small
Business Administration---neglected to submit any data concerning the
level of funding they awarded to HBCUs. The remaining 28 agencies and
departments submitted annual performance reports as called for in
Executive Order 13256. *In FY 2003 the degree of agency and department
compliance with EO 13256 dropped dramatically*. *Only 13 of 30 agencies
and* *departments submitted the required annual plans for assisting
HBCUs called for in* *Executive Order 13256*. *In that same reporting
cycle*, *only 12 of 30 agencies and* *departments submitted the required
annual performance reports indicating their funding* *support for
HBCUs*. *In FY 2004, the picture remains essentially the same*. *Only 14
of* *31 agencies and departments have submitted annual plans as of July
2004*. **Given that trend, it will be virtually impossible for the board
to perform its required responsibility for producing an annual report to
the president indicating the level of federal support for the nation's
HBCUs, as called for in Executive Order 13256.**

The board commends the efforts of its chairman, Louis W. Sullivan, for
undertaking special efforts to improve agency and department reporting
by personally meeting with several agency and department heads, to
impress upon them the importance of complying with the Executive Order.
However, given the magnitude of the problem and the significance of the
consequences of not reporting, the board feels that stronger measures
must be undertaken to hold agencies and departments accountable for
implementing Executive Order 13256.

In addition, the board notes a structural timeline problem in the
Executive Order itself, which greatly reduces its potential
effectiveness. Section 4, of the Executive Order, calls for the annual
plans developed by agencies and departments to "be clearly reflected in
the department's or agency's annual budget submission to the Office of
Management and Budget." However, annual plans are not requested prior to
OMB budget submission. Consequently, those annual plans are never in the
budget submission process.

Just as President Bush's signature *No Child Left Behind* legislation
rests upon holding states, school districts and individual schools
accountable for improving student performance, *the board believes that
executive agencies and departments must be held accountable for
implementing Executive Order 13256.* If the Executive Order is not
strenuously implemented, it remains mere words on paper and not the
dynamic vehicle for supporting the nation's HBCUs it was originally
intended to be. For that reason, the board has chosen to focus its
specific recommendations on strengthening the implementation of
Executive Order 13256.

**PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS**

**RECOMMENDATION 1**

That the president expeditiously calls an *Interagency Summit* of all
covered agencies and departments for the purpose of showing his personal
commitment to strengthening the implementation of Executive Order 13256;

**RECOMMENDATION 2**

That *previous board recommendations be implemented,* as articulated in
board reports of 1996, 1999, and 2001-02;

**RECOMMENDATION 3**

That agencies and departments' annual *reporting be regularized and made
timely;*

**RECOMMENDATION 4**

That *improved coordination* between covered agencies and departments
and the Office of Management and Budget be achieved such that annual
plans for assisting HBCUs are, in fact reflected in the budget process;

**RECOMMENDATION 5**

That a *uniform definition of "capacity-building"* efforts be
established and shared with all covered agencies and departments;

**RECOMMENDATION 6**

That the White House Initiative's Office *identify and share best
practices* for providing support to HBCUs with all covered agencies and
departments; and

**RECOMMENDATION 7**

That the White House Initiative Office establish a process to annually
report on the *status of the implementation of recommendations* from the
President's Advisory Board on HBCUs.

**APPENDIX A**

+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| **TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS and**                    |   |                  |
|                                                   |   |                  |
| **FEDERAL AGENCY ACRONYMS**                       |   |                  |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| **FEDERAL AGENCY**                                |   | **ABBREVIATION** |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Agriculture                         |   | USDA             |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Commerce                            |   | DOC              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Defense                             |   | DOD              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Education                           |   | ED               |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Energy                              |   | DOE              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services           |   | HHS              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development       |   | HUD              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of the Interior                        |   | DOI              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Justice                             |   | DOJ              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Labor                               |   | DOL              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of State                               |   | STATE            |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Transportation                      |   | DOT              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of the Treasury                        |   | TREASURY         |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs                    |   | VA               |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Agency for International Development         |   | USAID            |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Information Agency                           |   | USIA             |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.                     |   | NRC              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| U.S. Small Business Admin.                        |   | SBA              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Appalachian Regional Commission                   |   | ARC              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Central Intelligence Agency                       |   | CIA              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Corporation for National Service                  |   | CNS              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Environmental Protection Agency                   |   | EPA              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Equal Employment Opportunity Comm.                |   | EEOC             |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| International Broadcasting Bureau                 |   | IBB              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| National Aeronautics and Space Admin.             |   | NASA             |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| National Credit Union Admin.                      |   | NCAU             |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| National Endowment for the Arts                   |   | NEA              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| National Endowment for the Humanities             |   | NEH              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| National Science Foundation                       |   | NSF              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Office of Personnel Management                    |   | OPM              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Social Security Administration                    |   | SSA              |
+---------------------------------------------------+---+------------------+

APPENDIX B

  -------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------
  **FEDERAL HBCU                                                                                
  FUNDING BY AGENCY                                                                             
  ACTUAL AND                                                                                    
  INFLATION-ADJUSTED                                                                            
  (A)**                                                                                         

                       **1993**          **1994**                             **1995**          

  **FEDERAL AGENCY**   **Base Year**     **Actual**        **CPI-Adjusted**   **Actual**        **CPI-Adjusted**

  U.S. Dept. of        \$ 659,693,598    \$ 651,531,187    \$ 634,526,223     \$ 680,845,677    \$ 643,943,841
  Education                                                                                     

  U.S. Dept. of Health 123,508,357       115,288,855       112,279,816        150,886,433       142,708,388
  & Human Serv.                                                                                 

  U.S. Dept. of        87,102,436        92,947,467        90,521,538         94,265,537        89,156,345
  Agriculture                                                                                   

  National Aeronautics 28,991,919        37,272,350        36,299,542         56,357,000        53,302,451
  & Space Admin.                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of        46,421,578        51,914,335        50,559,371         76,123,634        71,997,733
  Defense                                                                                       

  National Science     22,272,784        29,179,999        28,418,401         34,250,099        32,393,744
  Foundation                                                                                    

  U.S. Dept. of        3,461,547         3,525,370         3,433,358          13,748,362        13,003,201
  Veterans Affairs                                                                              

  U.S. Dept. of Energy 33,792,714        53,000,000        51,616,700         59,080,809        55,878,629

  Agency for           23,644,804        28,000,000        27,269,200         26,500,000        25,063,700
  International Dev.                                                                            

  U.S. Dept. of Labor  3,587,439         4,664,136         4,542,402          5,816,067         5,500,836

  U.S. Dept. of HUD    7,322,737         7,423,854         7,230,091          8,283,280         7,834,326

  U.S. Dept. of        5,718,070         7,805,305         7,601,587          7,758,853         7,338,323
  Transportation                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of the    8,807,500         13,045,097        12,704,620         2,493,286         2,358,150
  Interior                                                                                      

  U.S. Small Business  1,836,263         1,962,629         1,911,404          2,183,551         2,065,203
  Admin.                                                                                        

  U.S. Dept. of        663,176           1,811,417         1,764,139          8,472,629         8,013,413
  Commerce                                                                                      

  U.S. Dept. of        302,277           788,279           767,705            592,578           560,460
  Justice                                                                                       

  Social Security      \-                \-                \-                 2,023,053         1,913,404
  Administration                                                                                

  Corporation for      \-                730,397           711,334            482,725           456,561
  National Service                                                                              

  U.S. Dept. of the    2,250,966         1,903,412         1,853,733          2,004,895         1,896,230
  Treasury                                                                                      

  U.S. Dept. of State  1,530,265         1,045,761         1,018,467          772,770           730,886

  International        \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Broadcasting Bureau                                                                           

  Nat\'l Endowment for 594,628           1,406,444         1,369,736          2,115,658         2,000,989
  the Humanities                                                                                

  U.S. Nuclear         200,000           304,000           296,066            200,000           189,160
  Regulatory Comm.                                                                              

  National Endowment   10,000            16,250            15,826             19,970            18,888
  for the Arts                                                                                  

  National Credit      \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Union Admin.                                                                                  

  Environmental        4,355,414         14,380,994        14,005,650         8,128,095         7,687,552
  Protection Agency                                                                             

  Central Intelligence 1,002,879         975,290           949,835            5,801,197         5,486,772
  Agency                                                                                        

  Office of Personnel  \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Management                                                                                    

  Appalachian Regional \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Commission                                                                                    

  U.S. Information     869,369           1,343,437         1,308,373          983,991           930,659
  Agency                                                                                        

  Equal Employment     \-                \-                \-                 3,108             2,940
  Opport. Comm.                                                                                 

  **GRAND TOTAL**      \$1,067,940,720   \$1,122,266,265   \$1,092,975,115    \$1,250,193,257   \$1,182,432,782
  -------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------

  -------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------
  **FEDERAL HBCU                                                                                                  
  FUNDING BY AGENCY                                                                                               
  ACTUAL AND                                                                                                      
  INFLATION-ADJUSTED                                                                                              
  (A)**                                                                                                           

                       **1996**                            **1997**                             **1998**          

  **FEDERAL AGENCY**   **Actual**        **CPI Adjusted**  **Actual**        **CPI-Adjusted**   **Actual**        **CPI-Adjusted**

  U.S. Dept. of        \$ 644,922,937    \$ 591,071,872    \$ 685,666,497    \$ 612,368,748     \$ 741,706,495    \$ 650,921,620
  Education                                                                                                       

  U.S. Dept. of Health 152,121,712       139,419,549       169,058,741       150,986,362        150,055,153       131,688,402
  & Human Serv.                                                                                                   

  U.S. Dept. of        84,962,148        77,867,809        95,740,881        85,506,181         96,269,008        84,485,681
  Agriculture                                                                                                     

  National Aeronautics 42,852,781        39,274,574        61,398,687        54,835,167         56,431,494        49,524,279
  & Space Admin.                                                                                                  

  U.S. Dept. of        66,184,354        60,657,960        56,209,835        50,201,004         50,902,129        44,671,708
  Defense                                                                                                         

  National Science     28,948,069        26,530,905        32,472,748        29,001,411         44,933,856        39,433,952
  Foundation                                                                                                      

  U.S. Dept. of        39,521,777        36,221,709        35,662,102        31,849,823         33,189,314        29,126,942
  Veterans Affairs                                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of Energy 36,775,036        33,704,320        31,345,979        27,995,094         23,719,605        20,816,325

  Agency for           13,388,100        12,270,194        10,712,171        9,567,040          17,298,881        15,181,498
  International Dev.                                                                                              

  U.S. Dept. of Labor  2,092,191         1,917,493         5,132,727         4,584,038          14,199,649        12,461,612

  U.S. Dept. of HUD    7,197,857         6,596,836         6,800,000         6,073,080          9,937,218         8,720,903

  U.S. Dept. of        8,335,907         7,639,859         10,092,736        9,013,823          8,565,315         7,516,920
  Transportation                                                                                                  

  U.S. Dept. of the    6,623,419         6,070,364         2,976,896         2,658,666          8,045,317         7,060,570
  Interior                                                                                                        

  U.S. Small Business  2,789,666         2,556,729         2,694,103         2,406,103          2,894,797         2,540,474
  Admin.                                                                                                          

  U.S. Dept. of        2,914,391         2,671,039         2,808,861         2,508,594          2,852,042         2,502,952
  Commerce                                                                                                        

  U.S. Dept. of        681,448           624,547           4,373,933         3,906,360          2,661,941         2,336,119
  Justice                                                                                                         

  Social Security      2,109,593         1,933,442         2,237,385         1,998,209          2,240,210         1,966,008
  Administration                                                                                                  

  Corporation for      609,724           558,812           \-                \-                 2,115,977         1,856,981
  National Service                                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of the    1,590,886         1,458,047         1,720,185         1,536,297          980,647           860,616
  Treasury                                                                                                        

  U.S. Dept. of State  725,520           664,939           773,660           690,956            814,534           714,835

  International        \-                \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Broadcasting Bureau                                                                                             

  Nat\'l Endowment for 330,148           302,581           739,462           660,414            269,999           236,951
  the Humanities                                                                                                  

  U.S. Nuclear         75,000            68,738            261,470           233,519            227,862           199,972
  Regulatory Comm.                                                                                                

  National Endowment   115,000           105,398           55,000            49,121             110,000           96,536
  for the Arts                                                                                                    

  National Credit      \-                \-                7,500             6,698              5,000             4,388
  Union Admin.                                                                                                    

  Environmental        8,505,310         7,795,117         9,082,959         8,111,991          \-                \-
  Protection Agency                                                                                               

  Central Intelligence 1,319,338         1,209,173         1,346,000         1,202,113          \-                \-
  Agency                                                                                                          

  Office of Personnel  143,646           131,652           270,967           242,001            \-                \-
  Management                                                                                                      

  Appalachian Regional 69,742            63,919            9,975             8,909              \-                \-
  Commission                                                                                                      

  U.S. Information     1,414,961         1,296,812         1,962,033         1,752,292          2,080,591         1,825,927
  Agency                                                                                                          

  Equal Employment     \-                \-                \-                \-                 \-                \-
  Opport. Comm.                                                                                                   

  **GRAND TOTAL**      \$1,157,320,661   \$1,060,684,386   \$1,231,613,493   \$1,099,954,011    \$1,272,507,034   \$1,116,752,173
  -------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------

  -------------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ --------------- ------------------
  **FEDERAL HBCU                                                                                          
  FUNDING BY AGENCY                                                                                       
  ACTUAL AND                                                                                              
  INFLATION-ADJUSTED                                                                                      
  (A)**                                                                                                   

                       **1999**                        **2000**                           **2001**        

  **FEDERAL AGENCY**   **Actual**      **CPI           **Actual**      **CPI-Adjusted**   **Actual**      **CPI-Adjusted**
                                       Adjusted**                                                         

  U.S. Dept. of        \$ 765,358,618  \$ 654,917,369  \$ 954,673,541  \$ 784,646,183     951,507,624     755,116,450
  Education                                                                                               

  U.S. Dept. of Health 183,976,806     157,428,953     170,995,233     140,540,982        226,233,720     179,539,080
  & Human Serv.                                                                                           

  U.S. Dept. of        100,224,201     85,761,849      117,000,783     96,162,944         114,739,919     91,057,600
  Agriculture                                                                                             

  National Aeronautics 60,887,990      52,101,853      57,484,000      47,246,100         61,147,533      48,526,682
  & Space Admin.                                                                                          

  U.S. Dept. of        57,364,782      49,087,044      60,145,918      49,433,930         46,567,176      36,955,711
  Defense                                                                                                 

  National Science     35,262,000      30,173,693      35,974,230      29,567,220         47,355,000      37,580,928
  Foundation                                                                                              

  U.S. Dept. of        35,600,776      30,463,584      34,372,182      28,250,496         37,078,573      29,425,556
  Veterans Affairs                                                                                        

  U.S. Dept. of Energy 20,236,324      17,316,222      17,086,172      14,043,125         13,534,241      10,740,774

  Agency for           11,683,977      9,997,979       14,324,516      11,773,320         13,190,834      10,468,246
  International Dev.                                                                                      

  U.S. Dept. of Labor  16,487,079      14,107,994      10,337,448      8,496,349          10,411,794      8,262,800

  U.S. Dept. of HUD    14,230,217      12,176,797      17,567,408      14,438,653         12,511,246      9,928,925

  U.S. Dept. of        11,415,928      9,768,610       10,343,232      8,501,102          19,480,288      15,459,557
  Transportation                                                                                          

  U.S. Dept. of the    10,120,376      8,660,006       15,509,941      12,747,621         10,693,433      8,486,308
  Interior                                                                                                

  U.S. Small Business  3,051,449       2,611,125       2,984,942       2,453,324          3,190,812       2,532,228
  Admin.                                                                                                  

  U.S. Dept. of        2,515,868       2,152,828       6,069,084       4,988,180          16,826,233      13,353,299
  Commerce                                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of        4,537,457       3,882,702       3,010,388       2,474,238          1,366,833       1,084,719
  Justice                                                                                                 

  Social Security      1,881,435       1,609,944       2,264,002       1,860,783          2,670,561       2,119,357
  Administration                                                                                          

  Corporation for      1,704,931       1,458,909       1,127,351       926,570            2,483,509       1,970,913
  National Service                                                                                        

  U.S. Dept. of the    1,162,835       995,038         1,033,792       849,674            1,232,509       978,119
  Treasury                                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of State  4,334,819       3,709,305       \-              \-                 5,441,370       4,318,271

  International        \-              \-              \-              \-                                 \-
  Broadcasting Bureau                                                                                     

  Nat\'l Endowment for 433,364         370,830         736,690         605,486            1,202,916       954,634
  the Humanities                                                                                          

  U.S. Nuclear         250,000         213,925         178,764         146,926            179,354         142,335
  Regulatory Comm.                                                                                        

  National Endowment   12,000          10,268          \-              \-                 \-              \-
  for the Arts                                                                                            

  National Credit      12,500          10,696          2,500           2,055              5,000           3,968
  Union Admin.                                                                                            

  Environmental        \-              \-              6,741,180       5,540,576          6,511,158       5,167,255
  Protection Agency                                                                                       

  Central Intelligence \-              \-              \-              \-                 \-              \-
  Agency                                                                                                  

  Office of Personnel  \-              \-              \-              \-                 189,798         150,624
  Management                                                                                              

  Appalachian Regional \-              \-              \-              \-                 86,729          68,828
  Commission                                                                                              

  U.S. Information     1,951,359       1,669,778       \-              \-                 \-              \-
  Agency                                                                                                  

  Equal Employment     \-              \-              \-              \-                 \-              \-
  Opport. Comm.                                                                                           

                                                                                                          

  **GRAND TOTAL**      1,344,697,091   1,150,657,301   1,539,963,297   1,265,695,834      1,605,838,163   1,274,393,166
  -------------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ --------------- ------------------

  -------------------- ----------------- --------------- -- ------------------------- ------------ ---------------- --
  **FEDERAL HBCU                                                                                                    
  FUNDING BY AGENCY                                                                                                 
  ACTUAL AND INFLATION                                                                                              
  ADJUSTED (A)**                                                                                                    

                       **2002**                                                                                     

  **FEDERAL AGENCY**   **Actual**        **CPI                                                                      
                                         Adjusted**                                                                 

  U.S. Dept. of        \$1,067,305,257   \$ 830,043,298                                                             
  Education                                                                                                         

  U.S. Dept. of Health 260,703,396       202,749,031                                                                
  & Human Serv.                                                                                                     

  U.S. Dept. of        111,600,907       86,792,025                                                                 
  Agriculture                                                                                                       

  National Aeronautics 64,610,339        50,247,461                                                                 
  & Space Admin.                                                                                                    

  U.S. Dept. of        **^B^**           **^B^**                                                                    
  Defense                                                                                                           

  National Science     54,300,000        42,229,110         ***[Consumer Price Index                                
  Foundation                                                (CPI)                                                   
                                                            Scale:]{.underline}***                                  

  U.S. Dept. of        42,333,006        32,922,379                                                                 
  Veterans Affairs                                                                                                  

  U.S. Dept. of Energy 12,223,004        9,505,830          **Year**                  **Annual**   **Cumulative**   

  Agency for           19,205,868        14,936,404                                                                 
  International Dev.                                                                                                

  U.S. Dept. of Labor  5,934,927         4,615,593          **1994**                  **2.61%**    **2.61%**        

  U.S. Dept. of HUD    13,421,369        10,437,799         **1995**                  **2.81%**    **5.42%**        

  U.S. Dept. of        21,186,379        16,476,647         **1996**                  **2.93%**    **8.35%**        
  Transportation                                                                                                    

  U.S. Dept. of the    4,432,863         3,447,438          **1997**                  **2.34%**    **10.69%**       
  Interior                                                                                                          

  U.S. Small Business  **^B^**           **^B^**            **1998**                  **1.55%**    **12.24%**       
  Admin.                                                                                                            

  U.S. Dept. of        12,170,216        9,464,777          **1999**                  **2.19%**    **14.43%**       
  Commerce                                                                                                          

  U.S. Dept. of        1,308,084         1,017,297          **2000**                  **3.38%**    **17.81%**       
  Justice                                                                                                           

  Social Security      2,172,530         1,689,577          **2001**                  **2.83%**    **20.64%**       
  Administration                                                                                                    

  Corporation for      2,283,700         1,776,033          **2002**                  **1.59%**    **22.23%**       
  National Service                                                                                                  

  U.S. Dept. of the    1,224,877         952,587                                                                    
  Treasury                                                                                                          

  U.S. Dept. of State  4,829,857         3,756,180          ***[Notes-]{.underline}                                 
                                                            (A)***                                                  

  International        55,600            43,240             ***Inflation adjusted                                   
  Broadcasting Bureau                                       funding is based on                                     
                                                            the***                                                  

  Nat\'l Endowment for 1,219,396         948,324            ***annual Consumer Price                                
  the Humanities                                            Index as reported***                                    

  U.S. Nuclear         283,135           220,194            ***by the U.S. Bureau of                                
  Regulatory Comm.                                          Labor Statistics.***                                    

  National Endowment   160,000           124,432                                                                    
  for the Arts                                                                                                      

  National Credit      10,000            7,777              ***[Notes-]{.underline}                                 
  Union Admin.                                              (B)***                                                  

  Environmental        3,758,052         2,922,637          ***These agencies did not                               
  Protection Agency                                         report any data for FY                                  
                                                            2002.***                                                

  Central Intelligence \-                \-                                                                         
  Agency                                                                                                            

  Office of Personnel  82,044            63,806                                                                     
  Management                                                                                                        

  Appalachian Regional 15,000            11,666                                                                     
  Commission                                                                                                        

  U.S. Information     \-                \-                                                                         
  Agency                                                                                                            

  Equal Employment     143,595           111,674                                                                    
  Opport. Comm.                                                                                                     

  **GRAND TOTAL**      \$1,706,973,401   \$                                                                         
                                         1,327,513,214                                                              
  -------------------- ----------------- --------------- -- ------------------------- ------------ ---------------- --

**APPENDIX C**

  -------------- --- ----------------------------- --- ------------------------------ --- ---------------------
  **COMPARISON                                                                            
  OF HBCU                                                                                 
  FUNDING TO                                                                              
  TOTAL IHE                                                                               
  FUNDING**                                                                               

                                                                                          

  **1993 THROUGH                                                                          
  2002**                                                                                  

  ** **                                                                                    

                                                                                          

                                                                                          **Percent**

                     **HBCU**                          **IHE**                            **Funding to**

  **Year**           **Funding**                       **Funding**                        **HBCUs**

                                                                                          

  **1993**           \$ 1,067,940,720                  \$ 23,204,032,233                  4.60%

  **1994**           1,122,266,265                     22,655,052,353                     4.95%

  **1995**           1,250,193,257                     24,296,839,632                     5.15%

  **1996**           1,157,320,661                     26,534,745,099                     4.36%

  **1997**           1,231,613,493                     27,715,774,979                     4.44%

  **1998**           1,272,507,034                     28,596,838,956                     4.45%

  **1999**           1,344,697,091                     32,406,669,831                     4.15%

  **2000**           1,539,963,297                     33,406,257,865                     4.61%

  **2001**           1,605,838,163                     37,630,884,671                     4.27%

  **2002**           [1,706,973,401]{.underline}       [41,590,068,897]{.underline}       [4.10%]{.underline}

                                                                                          

                     **\$ 13,299,313,382**             **\$ 298,037,164,516**             4.46%
  -------------- --- ----------------------------- --- ------------------------------ --- ---------------------

APPENDIX D

Funding History of Traditionally White Institutions and Historically
Black Colleges and Universities,

Land-Grant Awards by Institutions, 1997-2001

+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|                             | 1997    | Ce      | 1998    | Ce      |
|                             |         | rtified |         | rtified |
|                             | Federal | Amount  | Federal | Amount  |
|                             | Award   |         | Award   |         |
|                             | Amount  | Matc    | Amount  | matched |
|                             |         | hed[^1] |         |         |
+=============================+=========+=========+=========+=========+
| Alabama A&M University      | \$2,    |         | \$2,    |         |
|                             | 818,710 |         | 818,845 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Tuskegee University         | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
|                             | 799,543 |         | 803,676 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Auburn University           | 9,      | 8,      | 10,     | 9,      |
|                             | 986,693 | 571,981 | 067,186 | 258,141 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Arkansas,     | 8,      | 7,      | 8,      | 7,      |
| Fayetteville (TWI)          | 498,958 | 273,623 | 596,037 | 286,393 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Arkansas at   | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
| Pine Bluff                  | 506,982 |         | 507,092 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Delaware State University   | 940,069 |         | 940,115 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Delaware      | 2,      | 1,      | 2,      | 1,      |
| (TWI)                       | 264,637 | 764,181 | 287,273 | 836,719 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Florida A&M University      | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
|                             | 185,398 |         | 185,496 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Florida (TWI) | 6,      | 5,      | 6,      | 5,      |
|                             | 710,679 | 857,751 | 816,732 | 326,019 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Fort Valley State           | 3,      |         | 3,      |         |
| University                  | 256,927 |         | 257,079 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Georgia (TWI) | 11,     | 9,      | 11,     | 9,      |
|                             | 423,730 | 678,972 | 547,123 | 679,414 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Kentucky State University   | 3,      |         | 3,      |         |
|                             | 910,551 |         | 910,725 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Kentucky      | 12,     | 10,     | 12,     | 10,     |
| (TWI)                       | 312,388 | 940,740 | 368,765 | 940,916 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Louisiana State University  | 7,      | 6,      | 7,      | 6,      |
| (TWI)                       | 747,050 | 659,744 | 832,868 | 685,007 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Southern U and A&M College  | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
| State                       | 290,741 |         | 290,849 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Univ. of MD, College Park   | 5,      | 4,      | 5,      | 3,      |
| (TWI)                       | 129,077 | 301,012 | 153,191 | 936,323 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Maryland      | 1       |         | 1,      |         |
| Eastern Shore               | ,969456 |         | 720,758 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Alcorn State University     | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
|                             | 830,499 |         | 830,636 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Mississippi State U (TWI)   | 10,     | 8,      | 10,     | 8,      |
|                             | 179,231 | 752,777 | 262,618 | 752,934 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Lincoln University          | 3,      |         | 3,      |         |
|                             | 817,937 |         | 818,104 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Missouri      | 11,     | 10,     | 11,     | 10,     |
| System                      | 618,477 | 420,277 | 751,272 | 448,640 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| North Carolina A&T State    | 4,      |         | 4,      |         |
| University                  | 772,829 |         | 773,047 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| North Carolina State        | 16,     | 14,     | 16,     | 14,     |
| University (TWI)            | 235,580 | 391,423 | 331,956 | 393,238 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Langston University         | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
|                             | 408,934 |         | 409,045 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Oklahoma State University   | 7,      | 6,      | 7,      | 6,      |
| (TWI)                       | 538,635 | 455,028 | 666,410 | 487,921 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| South Carolina State        | 2,      |         | 2,      |         |
| University                  | 447,385 |         | 447,502 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Clemson University (TWI)    | 8,      | 7,      | 8,      | 6,      |
|                             | 297,448 | 185,755 | 312,890 | 681,324 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Tennessee State University  | 3,      |         | 3,      |         |
|                             | 620,314 |         | 620,479 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| University of Tennessee     | 11,     | 11,     | 11,     | 11,     |
| (TWI)                       | 870,220 | 477,513 | 930,042 | 477,687 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Prairie View A&M University | 4,      |         | 4,      |         |
|                             | 844,362 |         | 844,580 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Texas A&M Univ. (TWI)       | 16,     | 14,     | 16,     | 14,     |
|                             | 426,089 | 454,985 | 663,522 | 441,805 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Virginia Polytechnic Inst.  | 10,     | 9,      | 10,     | 9,      |
| & State (TWI)               | 150,090 | 307,195 | 217,218 | 001,679 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Virginia State University   | 3,      |         | 3,      |         |
|                             | 083,755 |         | 083,898 |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| West Virginia State         |         |         |         |         |
| College[^2]                 |         |         |         |         |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| West Virginia Univ. (TWI)   | 6,      | 6,      | 6,      | 5,      |
|                             | 201,997 | 000,666 | 208,568 | 442,836 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| TOTAL                       | 213,    | 143,    | 214,    | 142     |
|                             | 095,371 | 493,623 | 275,597 | ,076996 |
+-----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
|                       | 1999 | c    | 2000 | C    | 2001 | c    |
|                       |      | ERTI |      | erti |      | erti |
|                       | Fed  | FIED | Fed  | fied | fed  | fied |
|                       | eral |      | eral |      | eral | m    |
|                       | A    | aM   | A    | M    |      | atch |
|                       | ward | OUNT | ward | atch | a    |      |
|                       | Am   |      | Am   |      | ward | am   |
|                       | ount | Mat  | ount | Am   |      | ount |
|                       |      | ched |      | ount | am   |      |
|                       |      |      |      |      | ount |      |
+=======================+======+======+======+======+======+======+
| Alabama A&M           | \$2  |      | \$2  | \    | \$3  | \$1  |
| University            | ,948 |      | ,948 | $884 | ,105 | ,397 |
|                       | ,132 |      | ,158 | ,447 | ,172 | ,328 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Tuskegee University   | 2    |      | 2    | 878  | 3    | 1    |
|                       | ,928 |      | ,928 | ,696 | ,086 | ,388 |
|                       | ,963 |      | ,988 | [^3] | ,004 | ,702 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Auburn University     | 10   | 4    | 11   | 11   | 11   | 11   |
|                       | ,820 | ,490 | ,177 | ,177 | ,141 | ,141 |
|                       | ,660 | ,513 | ,113 | ,113 | ,430 | ,430 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 9    | 3    | 9    | 9    | 9    | 7    |
| Arkansas,             | ,319 | ,882 | ,624 | ,624 | ,581 | ,725 |
| Fayetteville (TWI)    | ,832 | ,905 | ,145 | ,145 | ,920 | ,778 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 2    |      | 2    | 786  | 2    | 1    |
| Arkansas at Pine      | ,621 |      | ,621 | ,420 | ,760 | ,242 |
| Bluff                 | ,376 |      | ,397 |      | ,192 | ,087 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Delaware State        | 981  |      | 981  | 294  | 1    | 464  |
| University            | ,221 |      | ,229 | ,369 | ,031 | ,015 |
|                       |      |      |      |      | ,145 |      |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 2    | 1    | 2    | 2    | 2    | 2    |
| Delaware (TWI)        | ,498 | ,308 | ,467 | ,467 | ,479 | ,651 |
|                       | ,509 | ,073 | ,161 | ,161 | ,142 | ,172 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Florida A&M           | 2    |      | 2    | 695  | 2    | 1    |
| University            | ,319 |      | ,319 | ,816 | ,482 | ,116 |
|                       | ,368 |      | ,387 |      | ,041 | ,919 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of Florida | 8    | 3    | 8    | 8    | 8    | 6    |
| (TWI)                 | ,104 | ,390 | ,005 | ,005 | ,002 | ,836 |
|                       | ,359 | ,804 | ,577 | ,577 | ,518 | ,160 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Fort Valley State     | 3    |      | 3    | 1,0  | 3    | 1    |
| University            | ,428 |      | ,428 | 28,6 | ,637 | ,636 |
|                       | ,829 |      | ,858 | 57Er | ,493 | ,872 |
|                       |      |      |      | ror: |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | R    |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | efer |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | ence |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | so   |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | urce |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | not  |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | f    |      |      |
|                       |      |      |      | ound |      |      |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of Georgia | 13   | 5    | 13   | 13   | 13   | 10   |
| (TWI)                 | ,305 | ,364 | ,160 | ,160 | ,127 | ,783 |
|                       | ,908 | ,604 | ,728 | ,728 | ,404 | ,568 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Kentucky State        | 4    |      | 4    | 1    | 4    | 1    |
| University            | ,128 |      | ,128 | ,238 | ,392 | ,976 |
|                       | ,208 |      | ,242 | ,473 | ,460 | ,607 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 14   | 5    | 14   | 14   | 13   | 13   |
| Kentucky (TWI)        | ,249 | ,231 | ,199 | ,199 | ,486 | ,486 |
|                       | ,971 | ,800 | ,044 | ,044 | ,500 | ,500 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Louisiana State       | 8    | 3    | 8    | 8    | 8    | 7    |
| University (TWI)      | ,752 | ,662 | ,875 | ,875 | ,799 | ,265 |
|                       | ,622 | ,155 | ,026 | ,026 | ,086 | ,930 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Southern U and A&M    | 2    |      | 2    | 719  | 2    | 1    |
| College State         | ,397 |      | ,397 | ,232 | ,526 | ,137 |
|                       | ,418 |      | ,438 |      | ,867 | ,090 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Univ. of MD, College  | 5    | 2    | 5    | 5    | 5    | 5    |
| Park (TWI)            | ,907 | ,602 | ,658 | ,658 | ,904 | ,262 |
|                       | ,025 | ,298 | ,340 | ,340 | ,596 | ,198 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 1    |      | 1    | 54   | 1    | 859  |
| Maryland Eastern      | ,805 |      | ,805 | 1,74 | ,909 | ,115 |
| Shore                 | ,814 |      | ,831 | 9^c^ | ,144 |      |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Alcorn State          | 2    |      | 2    | 884  | 3    | 1    |
| University            | ,949 |      | ,949 | ,778 | ,093 | ,391 |
|                       | ,934 |      | ,259 |      | ,269 | ,971 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Mississippi State U   | 11   | 4    | 11   | 11   | 11   | 9    |
| (TWI)                 | ,396 | ,532 | ,308 | ,308 | ,305 | ,029 |
|                       | ,043 | ,875 | ,792 | ,792 | ,628 | ,970 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Lincoln University    | 4    |      | 4    | 60   | 4    | 1    |
|                       | ,033 |      | ,033 | 9,46 | ,295 | ,932 |
|                       | ,626 |      | ,657 | 7^d^ | ,505 | ,977 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 13   | 4    | 13   | 13   | 13   | 10   |
| Missouri System       | ,146 | ,995 | ,136 | ,136 | ,080 | ,065 |
|                       | ,948 | ,833 | ,747 | ,747 | ,360 | ,032 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| North Carolina A&T    | 5    |      | 5    | 1    | 5    | 2    |
| State University      | ,003 |      | ,003 | ,501 | ,283 | ,377 |
|                       | ,308 |      | ,348 | ,005 | ,035 | ,366 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| North Carolina State  | 18   | 6    | 18   | 18   | 18   | 14   |
| University (TWI)      | ,442 | ,943 | ,491 | ,491 | ,566 | ,094 |
|                       | ,954 | ,458 | ,624 | ,624 | ,983 | ,456 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Langston University   | 2    |      | 2    | 760  | 2    | 1    |
|                       | ,534 |      | ,534 | ,332 | ,686 | ,209 |
|                       | ,417 |      | ,438 |      | ,734 | ,031 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Oklahoma State        | 8    | 3    | 8    | 8    | 8    | 6    |
| University (TWI)      | ,597 | ,358 | ,566 | ,566 | ,598 | ,783 |
|                       | ,464 | ,154 | ,529 | ,529 | ,807 | ,958 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| South Carolina State  | 2    |      | 2    | 770  | 2    | 1    |
| University            | ,568 |      | ,568 | ,521 | ,715 | ,221 |
|                       | ,382 |      | ,404 |      | ,225 | ,852 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Clemson University    | 9    | 3    | 9    | 9    | 9    | 9    |
| (TWI)                 | ,377 | ,799 | ,338 | ,338 | ,327 | ,327 |
|                       | ,914 | ,975 | ,552 | ,552 | ,609 | ,609 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Tennessee State       | 3    |      | 3    | 1    | 4    | 1    |
| University            | ,798 |      | ,798 | ,139 | ,013 | ,806 |
|                       | ,003 |      | ,034 | ,411 | ,666 | ,150 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| University of         | 13   | 5    | 14   | 14   | 13   | 10   |
| Tennessee (TWI)       | ,884 | ,077 | ,136 | ,136 | ,636 | ,113 |
|                       | ,550 | ,779 | ,240 | ,240 | ,204 | ,196 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Prairie View A&M      | 5    |      | 5    | 1    | 5    | 2    |
| University            | ,130 |      | ,131 | ,539 | ,479 | ,465 |
|                       | ,987 |      | ,028 | ,309 | ,003 | ,551 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Texas A&M Univ. (TWI) | 19   | 7    | 19   | 19   | 19   | 14   |
|                       | ,317 | ,102 | ,291 | ,291 | ,350 | ,125 |
|                       | ,378 | ,386 | ,379 | ,379 | ,002 | ,616 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Virginia Polytechnic  | 11   |      | 11   | 11   | 11   | 9    |
| Inst. & State (TWI)   | ,692 |      | ,751 | ,751 | ,715 | ,160 |
|                       | ,191 |      | ,358 | ,358 | ,118 | ,916 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Virginia State        | 3    |      | 3    | 971  | 3    | 1    |
| University            | ,238 |      | ,238 | ,625 | ,426 | ,542 |
|                       | ,721 |      | ,748 |      | ,807 | ,063 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| West Virginia State   |      |      | 1    |      | 1    |      |
| College               |      |      | ,975 |      | ,970 |      |
|                       |      |      | ,000 |      | ,655 |      |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| West Virginia Univ.   | 6    | 2    | 6    | 6    | 6    | 5    |
| (TWI)                 | ,634 | ,950 | ,667 | ,667 | ,825 | ,944 |
|                       | ,509 | ,360 | ,991 | ,991 | ,272 | ,032 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| TOTAL                 | 238  | 73   | 240  | 201  | 242  | 178  |
|                       | ,264 | ,222 | ,647 | ,100 | ,822 | ,963 |
|                       | ,844 | ,952 | ,790 | ,653 | ,997 | ,217 |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

[^4] Required Matched Amount equals \$1,210,097.

**APPENDIX E**

Presidential Documents

6823

Federal Register

Vol. 67, No. 31

Thursday, February 14, 2002

Title 3---

The President

Executive Order 13256 of February 12, 2002

President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, in order to advance the
development of the Nation's full human potential and to advance equal
opportunity in higher education, to strengthen the capacity of
historically black colleges and universities to provide the highest
quality education, and to increase opportunities for these institutions
to participate in and benefit from Federal programs, as do other
colleges and universities, it is hereby ordered as

follows:

Section 1. There is established, in the Office of the Secretary of
Education, a Presidential advisory committee entitled the ''President's
Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities''
(Board). The Board shall prepare and issue an annual report to the
President on the results of the participation of historically black
colleges and universities in Federal programs.

The Board also shall provide advice to the President and to the
Secretary of Education (Secretary) regarding the needs of historically
black colleges and universities in the areas of infrastructure, academic
programs, and faculty and institutional development. In the annual
report to the President, the Board shall make recommendations on how to
increase the private sector role, including the role of private
foundations, in strengthening historically black colleges and
universities. Particular emphasis should also be given in the report to
enhancing institutional planning and development, strengthening fiscal
stability and financial management, and improving institutional
infrastructure, including the use of technology, to ensure the long term
viability and enhancement of these institutions.

Sec. 2. The Board shall be appointed by the President. The Board
membership shall include sitting presidents of historically black
colleges and universities, representatives of other higher education
institutions, business and financial leaders, representatives of private
foundations, and secondary school administrators. The President shall
designate a Chair or Co-Chairs from among the members.

Sec. 3. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (Initiative), located in the Office of the Secretary of
Education, shall: (1) provide staff, resources, and assistance to the
Board; (2) assist the Secretary in performing the liaison function
between the executive branch and historically black colleges and
universities; and (3) serve the Secretary in carrying out the
responsibilities described in section 6 of this order.

Sec. 4. To carry out this order, each executive department and agency
identified by the Secretary may, consistent with applicable law and
regulations, enter into appropriate grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements with historically black colleges and universities. The head
of each department or agency so identified shall establish an annual
plan that will establish clear goals for how the department or agency
intends to increase the capacity of historically black colleges and
universities to compete effectively for grants, contracts, or
cooperative agreements and to encourage historically black colleges and
universities to participate in Federal programs. The department's or
agency's annual goal should be clearly reflected in the department's or
agency's annual budget submission to the Office of Management and
Budget. To facilitate the attainment of these goals, the head of each
department or agency identified by the Secretary shall provide, as
appropriate, technical assistance and information to historically black
colleges and universities regarding the program activities of the
department or agency and

the preparation of applications or proposals for grants, contracts, or
cooperative

agreements.

Sec. 5. Each executive department and agency identified by the Secretary
shall appoint a senior official, who is a full-time officer of the
Federal Government, to report directly to the department or agency head
with respect to department or agency activity under this order, and to
serve as liaison to the Board and to the Initiative. To the extent
permitted by law and regulations, each executive department and agency
identified by the Secretary shall provide appropriate information
requested by the Board and staff pursuant to the order.

Sec. 6. Each executive department and agency identified by the Secretary
shall develop an annual plan for, and shall document the agency's effort
in, increasing the capacity of historically black colleges and
universities to participate in Federal programs. Each department's and
agency's plan shall describe new or existing department and agency
programs and measurable objectives for proposed department and agency
actions, in connection with those programs, to achieve the purposes of
this order. These plans shall be submitted at such time and in such form
as the Secretary shall require. In consultation with the participating
departments and agencies, the Secretary shall review the plans and
develop, with the advice of the Board, an integrated Annual Federal Plan
for Assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities for
submission to the President. The Secretary shall provide the president
of each historically black college and university with a copy of, and an
opportunity to comment on, the proposed Annual Federal Plan prior to its
submission to the President. Each participating department and agency
shall submit to the Secretary an Annual Performance Report that shall
measure each department's and agency's performance against the
objectives set forth in the department's or agency's annual plan.

The Secretary shall be responsible for monitoring compliance with the
Annual

Federal Plan after it is approved by the President.

Sec. 7. In developing its annual plan, each executive department and
agency identified by the Secretary shall emphasize programs and
activities that develop the capacity of historically black colleges and
universities to contribute to the development of human capital and to
strengthen America's economic and technological base through: (1)
infrastructure development and acquisitions for instruction and
research; (2) student and faculty doctoral fellowships and faculty
development; (3) domestic and international faculty and student
exchanges and study-abroad opportunities; (4) undergraduate and graduate
student internships; and (5) summer, part-time, and permanent employment
opportunities.

Sec. 8. Each year, the Board shall report to the President on the
progress achieved in enhancing the capacity of historically black
colleges and universities to serve their students, including findings
and recommendations for individual departments and agencies in
connection with their Annual Performance Reports, as described in
section 6 of this order.

Sec. 9. The Board, in consultation with the Department of Education and
other executive departments and agencies, shall develop a Private Sector
Strategy to assist historically black colleges and universities in: (1)
increasing voluntary private-sector contributions to support the
enhancement of endowments and the overall financial stability of such
institutions; (2) improving and enhancing the quality and number of
private-sector partnerships focused on academic program development,
student achievement and faculty development, cooperative research and
development projects, and faculty exchanges; and (3) improving
information management, and facilities, and strengthening academic
course offerings.

Sec. 10. (a) The provisions in this Executive Order shall be implemented
to the fullest extent permitted by law.

\(b\) The Department of Education shall provide funding and
administrative support for the Board and the Initiative.

\(c\) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall
be reimbursed for all travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law;

\(d\) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, may
apply to the Board, any functions of the President under that Act,
except for those in section 6 of that Act, shall be performed by the
Department of Education, in accordance with the guidelines that have
been issued by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 11. Executive Order 12876 of November 1, 1993, as amended, is
hereby

revoked.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 12, 2002.

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**APPENDIX F**

**Historically Black Colleges and Universities**

**Listing of the 105 Four- and Two-Year Public and Private
Institutions**

**[FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS]{.underline} (41) [STATE]{.underline}**

Alabama A&M University Alabama

Alabama State University Alabama

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Arkansas

University of the District of Columbia District of Columbia

Delaware State University Delaware

Florida A&M University Florida

Albany State University Georgia

Fort Valley State University Georgia

Savannah State University Georgia

Kentucky State University Kentucky

Grambling State University Louisiana

Southern University A&M College Louisiana

Southern University at New Orleans Louisiana

Bowie State University Maryland

Coppin State University Maryland

Morgan State University Maryland

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Maryland

Alcorn State University Mississippi

Jackson State University Mississippi

Mississippi Valley State University Mississippi

Harris-Stowe State College Missouri

Lincoln University Missouri

Elizabeth City State University North Carolina

Fayetteville State University North Carolina

North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina

North Carolina Central University North Carolina

Winston-Salem State University North Carolina

Central State University Ohio

Langston University Oklahoma

Cheyney University Pennsylvania

Lincoln University Pennsylvania

South Carolina State University South Carolina

Tennessee State University Tennessee

Prairie View A&M University Texas

Texas Southern University Texas

Norfolk State University Virginia

Virginia State University Virginia

Virginia University of Lynchburg Virginia

Bluefield State College West Virginia

West Virginia State University West Virginia

University of the Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

**[FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS]{.underline} (49)**

Miles College Alabama

Oakwood College Alabama

Selma University Alabama

Stillman College Alabama

Talladega College Alabama

Tuskegee University Alabama

Arkansas Baptist College Arkansas

Philander Smith College Arkansas

Howard University District of Columbia

Bethune-Cookman College Florida

Edward Waters College Florida

Florida Memorial University Florida

Clark Atlanta University Georgia

Interdenominational Theological Center Georgia

Morehouse College Georgia

Morehouse School of Medicine Georgia

Morris Brown College Georgia

Paine College Georgia

Spelman College Georgia

Dillard University Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana

Rust College Mississippi

Tougaloo College Mississippi

Barber-Scotia College North Carolina

Bennett College North Carolina

Johnson C. Smith University North Carolina

Livingstone College North Carolina

Shaw University North Carolina

St. Augustine\'s College North Carolina

Wilberforce University Ohio

Allen University South Carolina

Benedict College South Carolina

Claflin University South Carolina

Morris College South Carolina

Voorhees College South Carolina

Fisk University Tennessee

Knoxville College Tennessee

Lane College Tennessee

Lemoyne-Owen College Tennessee

Meharry Medical College Tennessee

Huston-Tillotson College Texas

Jarvis Christian College Texas

Paul Quinn College Texas

Southwestern Christian College Texas

Texas College Texas

Wiley College Texas

Hampton University Virginia

Saint Paul\'s College Virginia

Virginia Union University Virginia

**[TWO-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS]{.underline} (11) [STATE]{.underline}**

Bishop State Community College Alabama

C.A. Fredd Campus of Shelton State Comm. College Alabama

Gadsden State Comm. College, Valley Street Alabama

J.F. Drake State Technical College Alabama

Lawson State Community College Alabama

Trenholm State Technical College Alabama

Southern University at Shreveport Louisiana

Coahoma Community College Mississippi

Hinds Community College, Utica Mississippi

Denmark Technical College South Carolina

St. Philip\'s College Texas

**[TWO-YEAR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS]{.underline} (4)**
**[STATE]{.underline}**

Concordia College Alabama

Shorter College Arkansas

Lewis College of Business Michigan

Clinton Junior College South Carolina

**APPENDIX G**

## Recommendations From 2001-02 Annual Report

# **U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)**

-   Funding for a revised Tertiary Education Linkages Program (TELP)
    should be continued to allow the HBCUs and other U.S.-based
    institutions of higher education to continue to assist the South
    Africa Department of Education and the vice chancellors of the
    Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) as they define the
    structure and mission of these institutions and plan for their
    academic enhancement in a 21st-century South Africa. We recommend an
    appropriation for this endeavor of \$7.5 million annually.

-   USAID should devise a strategic comprehensive engagement plan for
    the HBCUs and individual third world and developing nations in
    Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This plan
    should initially identify 15 HBCUs to engage in education, cultural
    and business development relationships with government and business
    and educational institutions in specific countries.

-   USAID should initiate a new multilateral cooperative venture with
    the HBCU Small Business Development Centers, the Small Business
    Administration and the Commerce Department's Economic Development
    Administration and its Minority Business Development Agency. This
    effort should be undertaken in cooperation with select U.S.
    corporations and businesses with South African commercial interests
    and the Historically Disadvantaged Institutions in South Africa and
    black and Indian South African small businesses to assist South
    African small and disadvantaged businesses to develop the marketing
    and management skills, product development capacity and
    technological capacity to participate in the international business
    arena.

# **U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)**

-   Establish a five-year enhancement plan for the 1890 Land Grant
    Institutions focused on: (1) increasing the number of HBCU graduates
    in agriculture-related majors and those entering veterinary
    medicine; (2) starting and strengthening academic programs
    identified by the presidents of the 1890 institutions; (3) and
    establishing an instrumentation and infrastructure improvement
    program to complement the academic program enhancement initiative in
    the item below.

-   Create an academic and outreach cooperative program focused on dual
    enrollment and resource sharing among public and private HBCUs.

-   Create an outreach and technical assistance program between HBCUs
    and the Association of Black Farmers designed to assist black
    farmers in preparing loan applications, facilitating communication
    among black farmers and USDA offices, managing crop production and
    helping these farmers more efficiently administer their farms.

# **Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**

-   Establish an HBCU scholarship or fellowship program to encourage
    minority students at HBCUs to pursue careers in intelligence and
    intelligence-related fields, by providing undergraduate scholarships
    and law school fellowships.

-   Create at least three HBCU Foreign Language Centers to provide
    instruction in less commonly taught languages, including Arabic,
    Farsi and Chinese.

-   Provide financial aid awards that would cover four years of tuition,
    room and board, mandatory fees, housing, travel stipends and a
    year-round salary or stipend.

-   Require students to work for the CIA after graduation. (Based on
    educational experience).

# **U.S. Department of Commerce** 

-   Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would provide
    federal matching funds for wiring and infrastructure modifications,
    the acquisition of instrumentation, software, and faculty training
    and student instruction. The NTIA Digital Network Technology Program
    Act, S.414 and H.R. 1034, would authorize grants of up to \$2.5
    million to eligible HBCUs and other minority institutions to bridge
    the digital divide. The President's Board of Advisors urges the
    president to support enactment of S. 414 and H.R. 1034 before the
    107th Congress adjourns.

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-   The Department's National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
    Administration (NOAA) should expand its existing program supporting
    a small consortium of HBCUs by doubling the number of participating
    institutions and doubling current funding to the expanded consortium
    or consortia. This program is focused on strengthening academic
    programs in marine science, oceanography and meteorology, including
    scholarships for students. Increased funding to allow for
    acquisition of instrumentation would enhance this program. The
    expanded program should engage a private-sector partner in
    developing and implementing an academic program to prepare students
    for careers in meteorology. The new minority meteorology development
    program would produce a new cadre of minority meteorologists.

-   The Department's Economic Development Administration, the Minority
    Business Development Agency and its International Trade
    Administration should jointly develop (with the Small Business
    Administration and with a private-sector partner) two programs to
    strengthen international business development instruction at HBCUs,
    and to provide business development services to minority,
    women-owned and other community-based and small businesses in urban
    and rural America. In addition, the Commerce Department should also
    develop, with a private-sector business partner, a hospitality
    management business development and internship program.

-   The Department's Bureau of the Census should establish a series of
    HBCU data resource centers on HBCU campuses to serve as resource and
    research centers on important data and policy issues affecting
    African Americans. At least five centers should be developed,
    focusing on civil and human rights, health care delivery, housing
    and urban development, education and minorities, and minorities and
    the criminal justice system. Student research scholarships and
    visiting faculty fellowships would be part of a comprehensive
    program.

# **U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)**

-   The Department of Defense should continue and enhance the HBCU
    Minority Institutions (HBCUMI) Technical Assistance Program (TAP) by
    increasing funding for the program to \$3 million annually.
    Additional funding would allow HBCUMI TAP to increase the number of
    informational workshops or institutes in the following areas:
    finding federal funding, accessing donated property or establishing
    and maintaining offices of sponsored programs, and writing effective
    proposals for grants.

-   Establish a new HBCU Defense Technology Capacity-Building
    Initiative. This initiative would build on the existing
    relationships between the services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
    Guard[^5] and Air Force) and several HBCUs by adding at least five
    additional HBCUs based on their capacity to currently meet, or over
    time (5-10 years), to develop the capacity to meet a defined DOD
    research and development or procurement need. Each HBCU would
    receive a defined annual award from a dedicated appropriation to
    develop the capacity of that institution to fulfill the Defense
    Department's procurement requirements in specific areas. Funding for
    the existing relationships should be continued, but enhanced. The
    cost of this new initiative would be \$3-\$5 million per new
    institution per year or approximately \$25 million annually.

-   The HBCUs' role in general DOD educational procurement should be
    enhanced by: (1) increasing funding for the existing HBCUMI
    Initiative, and (2) specifically implementing an HBCUMI focus in the
    Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
    (DEPSCoR).

# **U.S. Department of Education**

-   Establish five centers of excellence for minority teaching on HBCU
    campuses among consortia of institutions or individual institutions,
    or consortia made up of HBCUs and other institutions and led by
    HBCUs that would focus on increasing the numbers of minority
    teachers and improving instruction for minority and low-income
    students. Each center should receive \$1 million annually.

-   Create an HBCU-based Regional Education Laboratory through the
    Institute of Education Sciences (IES), which would focus on the
    education of minority and low-income students from Head Start though
    graduate and professional education, and the continuous evaluation
    of federal programs affecting such education.

-   Expand HBCU and minority student participation in Title VI,
    International Education programs through affirmative outreach and
    technical assistance efforts for both overseas and domestic
    programs, and international business programs; and provide increased
    funding requests for the Institute for International Public Policy
    (IIPP). Additional funds would be used for providing IIPP fellows
    with undergraduate scholarships during their final two years of
    undergraduate study, increasing summer institute stipends and the
    number of student participants or fellows, and fully implementing
    the institutional capacity-building aspects of the program.

**U.S. Department of Energy**

The following programs should be established independently or in
collaboration with NSF, EPA, NASA and DOD:

-   Establish a program that provides: (1) academic support and
    instrumentation acquisition at 5-10 smaller HBCUs with strong
    science and mathematics instructional programs; (2) financial
    support for faculty development and exchanges with the Energy
    regional laboratories, including summer and academic year
    placements; and (3) student undergraduate scholarships and
    fellowships for graduate study and summer internships.

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-   Establish HBCU centers on energy and environmental sciences that
    would address biodiversity in the environment from a
    cross-disciplinary perspective, including undergraduate and graduate
    disciplines in social and behavioral sciences, health sciences and
    toxicology and urban remediation, as well as the core work in
    biology, physics, engineering and chemistry.

# **U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)**

The following programs should be established independently or in
collaboration with NSF, DOE, NASA and DOD:

-   Establish scholarships for students at HBCUs to pursue environmental
    sciences careers, particularly science majors allied to
    environmental remediation.

-   Establish and fund targeted grants to HBCUs for college and
    university scientists and faculty to work with African American
    communities on environmental justice projects and activities.

-   Establish various faculty development programs, including: an EPA
    administrators program to provide a one-year exchange between HBCU
    faculty and EPA personnel; and a faculty development program in
    which instructors receive training to strengthen curricula in
    environmental sciences, policy, management and other
    cross-disciplinary fields.

# **U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)**

-   The Department should inaugurate a grant program (\$1 million per
    HBCU) for HBCU nursing programs to strengthen their capacity to
    recruit, educate and graduate more registered nurses and licensed
    practical nurses to help reduce current nursing shortages. This
    initiative might be undertaken in collaboration with HBCU medical
    schools and private-sector partners.

-   A second allied health initiative should focus grants on the
    enhancement of those HBCUs with prominent allied health programs,
    i.e., master's degree program in public health at Florida A&M
    University, Jackson State University and Morgan State University.

-   There is a growing shortage of trained and certified pharmacists to
    serve the burgeoning pharmacy industry in America to respond to the
    growth among the major pharmacy chains and the increased presence of
    pharmacies in hospitals, major food stores and multipurpose stores
    like Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart. HHS should collaborate with the
    pharmaceutical industry and the major retail outlets and drug
    stores, e.g., CVS, Walgreen's, Eckerd, etc., to develop a
    public-private partnership with HBCU pharmacy schools to provide
    funding for both institutional expansion and student scholarships.
    Annual HHS awards of at least \$1 million to the pharmacy schools at
    Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, Texas
    Southern University and Xavier University should support
    institutional expansion.

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-   The administration and NIH should commit to reaching a goal of at
    least \$1 billion per year for programs that support HBCUs. Included
    among the Department's potential programmatic thrusts could be: (1)
    a Head Start administrators and preschool instructors development
    program at select HBCUs with strong teacher education programs
    (Administration on Children and Families); (2) establish an
    Eldercare Administrators and Caregivers Academy and an Aging
    Americans Research Institute on at least five HBCU campuses; (3)
    develop a private-sector partnership with the Centers for Medicare
    and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly known as the Health Care
    Financing Administration), Blue Cross-Blue Shield (Care First) and
    several HBCUs to conduct systems research on simplifying and
    monitoring medical care costs; (4) develop a second private-sector
    partnership focused on producing minority doctors, dentists,
    pharmacists, etc., and other minority health care providers (e.g.
    nurses) that would pair HBCU medical-dental-pharmacy schools and
    allied health schools with HHS's Health Resources and Services
    Administration (HRSA) and the Office of Minority Health, etc., and
    major pharmaceutical, hospital and health care providers (Kaiser
    Permanente, Humana, etc.).

# **U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)**

-   Expand the current HBCU Community Development Program to allow for
    campus-based construction projects, which would serve the
    institution and the surrounding community. These projects would
    include the construction of academic, athletic, cultural, and
    multi-purpose facilities where low-income and subsidized housing
    residents would use the facilities.

-   Create a tripartite partnership between HBCUs, local governments and
    private-sector developers engaged in Empowerment Zones and
    Enterprise Communities programs to allow HBCU students and faculty
    to assist community groups with planning and community preservation.

# **U.S. Department of the Interior** 

-   Support enactment of a modified version of H.R 1606 to establish an
    HBCU Historic Preservation Program to fund 15-20 institutions
    annually based on the need and risk status of the historic project
    (defined in terms of threat to preservation), as the pre-eminent
    factors in awarding HBCU historic preservation grants. All 105 HBCUs
    would be funded on a rotating basis until all projects, on each
    campus, have been restored and preserved. An external assessment
    would determine rank order (projects most in need of attention) and
    anticipated cost. The secretary of the interior should waive the
    matching requirement for historic preservation grants for any HBCU
    that has an endowment valued less than \$50 million.

# **U.S. Department of Justice** 

-   Provide annual funding of \$2 million for five years, to establish
    the A. Leon Higginbotham Chairs of Excellence in Jurisprudence at
    HBCU law schools, including: the Howard University School of Law,
    the David A. Clarke School of Law (University of the District of
    Columbia), the North Carolina Central University School of Law, the
    Southern University School of Law and the Thurgood Marshall School
    of Law (Texas Southern University). Florida A&M University's School
    of Law and Miles College of Law would be added to the grantees when
    they become fully accredited (AALS/ABA) or candidates for
    accreditation, or admit their first students (when appropriate).
    Funds would support endowment of a chair and faculty salary for
    distinguished visiting professors at each law school.

-   Establish a research and policy analysis center on an HBCU campus to
    gather data and conduct research regarding the detention, arrest,
    conviction and incarceration of minorities for crimes in the United
    States as compared to the overall population. The treatment of
    minorities with respect to parole and probation, including the
    revocation of parole, should also be researched.

-   Funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance should be provided to
    HBCUs to: (1) strengthen criminal justice academic programs; (2)
    explore violence in African American families and communities;
    and (3) assist communities and local law enforcement entities to
    develop and implement police-community relations programs and
    community policing initiatives.

# **U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)**

-   The Department of Labor's primary mission involves regulation of
    industry and the provision of employment-related services primarily
    through state and local governments. *The Personal Responsibility
    and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996*[^6] (PRWORA)
    (welfare reform statute) provided a unique opportunity for the
    Department to initiate relationships with nongovernmental entities,
    including HBCUs. The dramatic increase in DOL funding for HBCUs in
    recent years is largely attributable to their participation in
    welfare reform-related activities. Should the Congress reauthorize
    the above act expeditiously, and the secretary continue activities
    with nongovernmental entities, we would recommend that current
    funding levels for HBCUs continue.

-   The Labor Department should establish, under the reauthorized
    welfare reform statute, a discretionary grant program to fund Single
    Parent Support System programs modeled on the successful programs at
    St. Paul's and Voorhees Colleges. These programs support single
    mothers and fathers seeking to learn competitive skills for the 21st
    -century workforce by earning a baccalaureate degree.

# **National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)**

-   NASA should increase funding, to at least \$100 million in FY 2003,
    for the HBCU Minority University Research and Education Program
    (MUREP)/University Research Centers (URCs), and maintain these
    projects as identifiable programs within the new Education Mission
    at NASA. Specific language should be included in the NASA
    reauthorization bill to achieve this objective and to provide "prior
    experience" points (in any competitive process) for currently funded
    URCs to ensure that quality HBCUMI research centers are maintained
    and expanded. At least five new HBCUMI University Research Centers
    should be funded.

-   Additionally, NASA should expand its support of HBCU programs that
    sustain aerospace or aeronautical engineering and aerospace-related
    academic programs. Special attention should be given to enhancing
    the new programs at Hampton University, as well as the programs at
    Tuskegee University and Florida Memorial College, and to
    resuscitating the aerospace program at the University of the
    District of Columbia.

# 

# **National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities (NEA and NEH)**

-   Institutional funding should be increased to strengthen the
    curriculum, collections, and archives at HBCUs.

-   The number of projects funded at the HBCUs should be increased each
    year until the funded HBCU projects equals a goal of 10 percent of
    all college and university-funded projects. Technical assistance to
    HBCUs should be made available to increase the competitiveness of
    their proposals so that this goal is achieved.

# 

# **National Science Foundation (NSF)**

-   NSF's record of supporting programs at the HBCUs and other
    minority-serving institutions is not positive. NSF desperately needs
    a dedicated HBCU capacity-building program focused on: (1)
    strengthening science, mathematics, engineering and computer or
    information science instruction programs; (2) creating partnerships
    with secondary schools to encourage minority student enrollment,
    academic success in middle and high school and quality
    instruction; (3) enhancing minority teacher instruction in the
    sciences and mathematics; (4) providing science and computer science
    instrumentation for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions;
    and (5) ensuring the participation of HBCU and other minority
    scientists in the peer review process for all HBCU grant programs.
    The board believes that the minority scientists' gap should be
    closed during the next decade.

-   Certain programs, including the Alliances for Minority
    Participation, HBCU Undergraduate Program, Centers for Research
    Excellence in Science and Technology, and the Alliance for Graduate
    Education Program, all would benefit from sustained funding
    increases to a total funding commitment of \$270 million per year.

-   A specific HBCUMI capacity-building program should also be included
    in the pending NSF reauthorization legislation (H.R. 4664, the
    Investing in America's Future Act) with sufficient funding to meet
    the extensive needs of all of the HBCUs and minority-serving
    institutions.

-   In addition, NSF should establish a five-year plan with regard to
    enhancement activities for HBCUs.

# **Office of Personnel Management (OPM)**

-   The board recommends that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
    coordinate and administer a federal agency-wide academic year and
    summer intern program for HBCU students. Initially, each agency
    should employ at least five students from each HBCU during the
    summer and at least one from each HBCU annually. The students, to be
    eligible and selected, must have a 2.75 cumulative GPA or better
    following their junior year of academic study. Those students who
    participate in the academic year internships would receive a full
    scholarship during their senior year of study, a preference for
    full-time federal employment after graduation, and student loan
    forgiveness based upon their years of service with the federal
    government.

-   Each federal department and agency covered by Executive Order 13256
    would voluntarily participate by providing temporary employment
    (salary and benefits) for participating students. Release time would
    also be provided so that students could be engaged in seminars and
    informational activities/independent study.

# 

# **U.S. Department of State** 

-   The State Department should establish annual targets for the
    identification and preparation of qualified minorities and their
    admission into the U.S. Foreign Service. This admissions program
    should include a major role for HBCUs and other minority
    institutions, including student scholarships, faculty and
    institutional support grants to enhance international affairs and
    foreign language study curricula at select institutions and
    technical assistance and test preparation courses to assist students
    to qualify for opportunities with the Foreign Service. This program
    would also provide student internships both in Washington, D.C., and
    abroad. The board recommends 7-10 grants at \$500,000 each for the
    enhancement of international program development.

-   The State Department should increase its cooperative efforts with
    the Department of Education, especially as it relates to the
    Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) program,
    specifically providing post baccalaureate Washington internships for
    IIPP fellows, as well as work-abroad and study-abroad opportunities
    for fellows.

-   The State Department should define a clear HBCU role in its new
    Africa Education Initiative announced by President Bush and
    Secretary Powell on June 19, 2002.

# **U.S. Department of Transportation**

-   The Department should establish partnerships with HBCUs as part of
    its agency-wide university research programs.

-   The Federal Aviation Administration should establish partnerships
    between HBCUs and private contractors charged with training new
    federal airline security personnel.

-   The Department should establish funding for programs that will
    support the development of curricula at HBCUs for transportation,
    urban planning and related areas of study.

# **U.S. Department of the Treasury** 

-   The Department should initiate a triangular partnership with the
    country's major lending institutions and those HBCUs with strong
    international programs and master degree programs in business
    administration or business administration and finance to: (1)
    provide scholarships for capable undergraduate students and
    fellowships for qualified graduate students and (2) provide
    technical assistance and visiting faculty to strengthen
    international finance, business administration and international
    monetary practices courses.

-   The Department and the private sector partners should sponsor
    domestic and international internships for undergraduate and
    graduate students at the Department, the World Bank, the
    International Monetary Fund and the overseas offices of private
    sector lending and international finance entities.

-   Faculty development opportunities, including summer externships,
    should be made available to HBCU faculty.

#### C. Improvement Goals in FY 2004 for All Departments and Agencies

> The board has carefully reviewed the selection progress, by each of
> the agencies over the past six fiscal years, in providing funding to
> HBCUs. The board has also assessed that progress in light of the
> particular department or agency's engagement with other institutions
> of higher education (IHEs). Finally, we have reviewed each agency's
> mission in relation to the broad range of institutional missions,
> quality programs, faculty skills and abilities, institutional
> experience in research and technology exemplified at the 105 HBCUs.
> The goals we recommend for each agency reflects this integrated
> assessment of need, capacity and opportunity. The confluence of these
> three provides a challenge for change and for the establishment of new
> benchmarks for partnership and success between HBCUs, the federal
> departments and agencies, and the private sector. These improvement
> goals represent the federal commitment to enhancing the HBCUs. The
> board believes each agency should strive to improve funding for HBCUs
> that is consistent with the capacity-building focus of the president's
> executive order and the board's mission.
>
> The board acknowledges that inconsistent reporting on designated
> agency and department progress in the implementation of federal agency
> plans under the HBCU executive order has been part of the problem in
> assuring progress in securing increased federal funding for the HBCUs.
> The board intends to publish its report each year and to report on
> each designated agency. Agencies that fail to submit a plan to the
> White House Initiative staff or to report on their awards to HBCUs
> will be reported as -0- or as "NR" (Not Reporting). The board will
> also carefully review data submitted in compliance with the Executive
> Order 13256.

#### D. Federal Agency Plans

Executive Order 13256 requires each designated agency and department to
appoint a senior official to lead that organization's HBCU effort
(Section 5), and to provide "\...an annual plan for, and document the
agency's effort in, increasing the capacity of historically black
colleges and universities to participate in Federal programs." (Section
6) The board expects each designated agency to identify its FY 2004
improvement goal and to outline its FY 2004 plan for achieving that goal
by the conclusion of the current calendar year (Dec. 31, 2002). Each
agency annual plan should describe how it anticipates achieving its
improvement goal. This estimation should be identical to the HBCU amount
included in its submission to OMB as part of its FY 2004 agency budget
request.

> Agency plans need not be lengthy; in fact, brevity is encouraged. The
> plan should identify the agency's improvement goal, its plan or
> strategy for achieving that goal (existing program funding levels or
> proposed funding levels for new programs) and the recent efforts of
> the agency to achieve its previous HBCU funding objectives.

**HBCU ENHANCEMENT: THE CASE FOR ENHANCEMENT AND CAPACITY-BUILDING**

For the first time, Executive Order 13256 focuses the federal effort in
support of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities on
strengthening the capacity of HBCUs to fulfill their academic mission,
to help achieve the federal equal educational opportunity goal and to
help these institutions assist affected departments and agencies in
meeting their statutory objectives. This crucial emphasis is critical,
not only regarding the long-term strategic growth and development of
these institutions but also extremely important for marrying the needs
of the nation with the academic mission and purposes of these
institutions. It is at the vortex, or the intersection, of these needs
and those purposes that mutual benefit will be derived from the
enhancement of HBCUs.

The President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities has monitored carefully the progress of HBCUs since the
enactment of the *Historically Black College and University Act*
(*Higher Education Amendments of 1986*),[^7] and notes, with interest,
the important role that significant federal dollars can have on these
institutions when those funds are concentrated on institutional
development and capacity-building. While these institutions, like their
majority counterparts, do benefit from successfully operating programs,
almost all of the HBCUs can meaningfully benefit from institutional
capacity building, i.e. infrastructure and instrumentation and faculty
development.

The board believes that agencies and departments required to comply with
Sections 6 and 7 of the executive order now must creatively seek out
ways to implement initiatives that focus on capacity-building, in
addition to providing funds for programs. Such capacity-building plans
are not always a part of the agency's operating plan or authorized
programs. In that context, it is increasingly important for the
president to support the creation of this type of program to assure the
realization of the goals of the executive order. We urge the president
to review the current legislative landscape with a view toward
supporting legislation that creates capacity-building initiatives,
especially in those departments and agencies that do not have dedicated
HBCU programs that enhance the capacity of HBCUs.

##### Special Focus: Departments and Agencies

> The NTIA Digital Technology Program Act, S. 414 and H.R. 1034, would
> create, in the U.S. Department of Commerce, a program to fund the
> acquisition of technology-related infrastructure and instrumentation
> for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. In addition, funds
> could be used to assist faculty to acquire the skills to better use
> technology in the instructional process and to teach students to use
> such technology in their career fields, especially for the preparation
> of elementary and secondary school classroom teachers. The need for
> this program was documented in a Commerce Department-funded study by
> the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
> (NAFEO), *Historically Black Colleges and Universities, An Assessment
> of Networking and Connectivity*,[^8] in October 2000. The board also
> supports including the Technology Services Center and the HBCU Virtual
> University concept in S. 414 and H.R. 1034. We urge the president to
> support a five-year authorization of \$325 million for these purposes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently
being restructured. Congress also is considering reauthorization of
NASA. Administrator Michael Griffin has expressed the desire to include
education as a mission within NASA and to continue funding for current
HBCU-focused programs. The board strongly supports both goals; however,
the board strongly urges that the current Minority University Research
and Education Program (MUREP), including the University Research Centers
(URCs), be preserved intact as HBCU-dedicated programs within the new
education mission. In addition, funding increases for both programs
should be included in the FY 2004 budget request to the president.
Funding for new minority URCs should not occur at the expense of
continuation funding for existing quality HBCU and MI URCs.

> The National Science Foundation (NSF) should improve its funding for
> science education and research programs at HBCUs and other
> minority-serving institutions.[^9] For example, in FY 2001, NSF
> awarded HBCUs less than 1.5 percent of the total funding it provided
> to institutions of higher education. Documentation of this is provided
> in Appendix C. The reauthorization of NSF presents a unique
> opportunity to improve on this record of deficit utilization of HBCUs
> and minority-serving institutions. The House of Representatives has
> taken a major step in H.R. 4664, the Investing in America's Future
> Act, toward correcting the problem by creating a specific
> authorization in NSF for aid to minority-serving institutions. Board
> members believe this legislative initiative can be strengthened. We
> recommend that the president support modifications in the Senate bill
> that would specifically strengthen the capacity-building focus of the
> minority-serving institutions initiative and provide sufficient
> resources to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
> Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities,
> as well as other minority-serving institutions.

##### The Role of HBCUs in Homeland Security

The board strongly supports a defined role for HBCUs in ensuring the
public safety of the American people and protecting property and people
from terrorist attacks like those perpetrated on Sept. 11, 2001. We
believe this role should include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) conducting bioterrorist and food-protection related research; (2)
developing and assisting in the implementation of public health response
strategies, that utilize the medical and dental skills, hospital
facilities and the knowledge of the minority communities of the HBCU
medical and dental schools, and nursing and allied health programs; (3)
developing at five HBCUs an MBA program for training students to be
managers of public and private-sector security and (4) developing and
implementing programs for the training of airport and other security
personnel.

> The president's July 2002 report entitled *National Strategy for
> Homeland Security*[^10] outlines plans for a Department of Homeland
> Security and calls for the agency to, among other initiatives,
> "sponsor and establish national priorities for research, development,
> and testing to develop new vaccines, antidotes, diagnostics, therapies
> and other technologies against chemical, biological, radiological, or
> nuclear terrorism; to recognize, identify, and confirm the occurrence
> of an attack; and to minimize the morbidity and mortality caused by
> such an attack." Several HBCUs have the ability to contribute, in a
> meaningful way, to the development of these priorities, particularly
> those HBCUs with existing academic programs that could support
> strategy development in various areas (identified below), such as
> aviation, transportation, and biological or environmental health.
> Achieving the goals set out in the *National Strategy* will require
> partnerships between the public and private sectors and institutions
> of higher education, including HBCUs. Reaching these goals will be a
> long-term proposition that will require new research, antidotes and
> security updates as new technologies and new forms of attack are
> identified or developed. This effort will require a tremendous amount
> of this country's assets, and HBCUs can and should be part of this
> solution.
>
> The board recommends that the president encourage the *Critical
> Infrastructure Protection Board* to consult with HBCUs as it carries
> out its mission. In particular, one of the board's tasks is to
> "coordinate outreach to and consultation with the private sector ...
> and coordinate outreach to state and local governments, as well as
> communities and representatives from academia and other relevant
> elements of society." To this end, the board should consult with HBCUs
> as it meets with representatives from academia given the unique
> perspective HBCUs have on this nation and on its strengths and
> weaknesses. In addition, the board should consider HBCUs as it looks
> for institutions with research capabilities.

##### HBCU Historic Preservation

President George H.W. Bush initiated, at the behest of the United Negro
College Fund, the first HBCU-focused historic preservation program.
Subsequently, Congress enacted legislation to provide historic
preservation for HBCUs in Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi and
Alabama. The current Bush administration should support H.R. 1606 and S.
2613, with some modifications. The board recommends the following
modifications or improvements: (1) an independent, current evaluation of
the restoration needs and cost of each HBCU historic preservation
project; (2) the establishment of criteria for determining the order in
which projects should be funded; (3) a modification of the institutional
"matching" requirement so that only those HBCUs with an endowment in
excess of \$50 million must provide a private-sector match; and (4) an
annual authorization of \$60 million to fund prioritized programs based
on "risk of deterioration" criteria.

A.  **Department of AgricultureEqualization Aid Formula for the 1890
    Land-Grant Institutions**

> Historically, the states and the federal government, through the U.S.
> Department of Agriculture, have provided differential support to the
> nation's traditionally white land-grant institutions (TWIs) provided
> for in the *1862 Morrill Act* and the HBCU land grants, whose funding
> was first authorized in the *Second Morrill Act in 1890.* Although
> equity and a recent law attempt to ensure dollar-for-dollar matching
> grants by the states in support of the 1862 and 1890 Land Grant
> Institutions, it is clear that the law and current awards from the
> Agriculture Department and the states perpetuates the differential
> treatment of the past. As the chart in Appendix D indicates, both the
> federal amounts and the state match provide starkly differential
> amounts to the TWIs and the HBCUs. Even when the "full
> dollar-for-dollar match," required by Section 1449 of Subtitle G of
> the *National Agricultural Research Extension and Teaching Policy Act
> of 1977* (7 U.S.C. [§]{.smallcaps}3222c). is made available, the
> historic under-funding of the HBCU land-grants will continue. All of
> the states in the South have failed to provide the full
> dollar-for-dollar match to date, and none has exceeded the state
> matching funds to the 1890 (HBCU) Land Grant Institutions required by
> the current law.[^11] It is patently clear that the historic disparate
> funding of the past will never be overcome without extraordinary steps
> by each of the states to catch up. The board believes it is critical
> that a plan be put in place to eliminate the funding differentials.

##### Department of Education

> While the U.S. Department of Education has a proud and privileged
> record of accomplishment with respect to HBCUs, the board believes
> there is room for improvement. With the onset of the *2004 Higher
> Education Act* (HEA) reauthorization process, we believe the president
> and the secretary of education should take several bold steps to
> improve and diversify funding support for HBCUs, and to enhance
> minority student participation in the Title IV, Student Assistance
> programs. Specifically, we have set forth, in this appendix, the
> board's recommendations for amending Titles II, III, IV, VI and VII of
> the HEA. In addition to these HEA reauthorization recommendations, the
> board also recommends the following:

1.  ACCREDITATION: The secretary of education should withhold approval
    of the recertification of the Southern Association of Colleges and
    Schools (SACS) until he is satisfied that the association has
    addressed the issues reflected in the April 17, 2002, letter from
    the United Negro College Fund President and CEO William H. Gray,
    III.[^12] In addition, the secretary should fund a \$3 million
    technical assistance program for the HBCUs to assist HBCU presidents
    and chancellors in improving financial management, private-sector
    fundraising and the achievement of institutional compliance with
    regional accreditation and, where appropriate, specialized
    accreditation standards, and in meeting U.S. Department of Education
    Title IV oversight and compliance obligations and regulations;

2.  INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH: The secretary of education should assure the
    creation of an HBCU Educational Research Center through the
    Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to conduct state of the art
    research on elementary, secondary and postsecondary education issues
    of importance to low-income, minority and other students eligible
    for participation in the Head Start, Title I (ESEA), and Pell Grant
    programs;

3.  HBCU Laboratory Schools: The Department should seek specific funding
    for at least five HBCU Laboratory Schools, on HBCU campuses, to
    demonstrate best practice teaching techniques for improving learning
    and academic performance of Title I-eligible schools and minority,
    and low-performing students under the *No Child Left Behind Act,*
    and

4.  ENDOWMENTS: The Department should request funding for the Endowment
    Challenge Grant Program. An annual appropriation of \$10 million
    would enable HBCUs to help fulfill President Bush's mandate to the
    private sector by securing federal grants to stimulate private
    sector initiatives.

**APPENDIX H**

**White House Initiative On**

## Historically Black Colleges and Universities

# 

# **Mission**

To strengthen the capacity of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) to provide excellence in education.

# **The White House Initiative On HBCUs: A Historical Perspective**

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12232, which
established a federal program "\... to overcome the effects of
discriminatory treatment and to strengthen and expand the capacity of
historically black colleges and universities to provide quality
education.\"[^13]

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan, under Executive Order 12320,
established the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, which expanded the previous program and set into
motion a government-wide effort to strengthen our nation's HBCUs. In
1989, President George H.W. Bush signed Executive Order 12677. This
executive order established a Presidential Advisory Board on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities to advise the president and
the secretary of education on methods, programs, and strategies to
strengthen these valued institutions.

In 1993, President William J. Clinton signed Executive Order 12876. This
executive order required that a senior level executive in each agency
have oversight in implementing the order, and that the Office of
Management and Budget be involved in monitoring implementation of the
order.

On Feb. 12, 2002, President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13256.
This executive order transferred the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the Office of the
Secretary within the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, the White
House Initiative was housed in the Department's Office of Postsecondary
Education.

# **HBCUs: A National Resource**

HBCUs are a source of accomplishment and great pride for the African
American community as well as the entire nation. 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.\"[^14] HBCUs offer all students, regardless of race, an
opportunity to develop their skills and talents. These institutions
train young people who go on to serve domestically and internationally
in their professions, as entrepreneurs, and in the public and private
sectors. In 2001, HBCUs enrolled 13 percent of all African American
students in higher education, although they constituted less than 3
percent of America\'s 4,197 institutions of higher education. In 2001,
these institutions matriculated 21 percent of all African American
students enrolled in four-year colleges, and in 2001-02, awarded
first-professional degrees to about one in six African American men and
women, and awarded 22 percent of all baccalaureate degrees earned by
African Americans nationwide. HBCUs also awarded more than 10 percent of
masters' and doctors' degrees to African Americans in 2001-02.[^15]

The majority of the 105 HBCUs are located in the Southeastern states,
the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. They include 40 public
four-year, 11 public two-year, 49 private four-year, and five private
two-year institutions. Most are more than 100 years old with Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1837, being the oldest of these
institutions.

# **The President\'s Board of Advisors on HBCUs**

The President\'s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities advises the president and the secretary of education on
strengthening these institutions. The board also: issues an annual
report to the president on HBCU participation in federal programs;
advises the secretary of education on increasing the federal role in
strengthening HBCUs; and reports to the president on how to increase the
private sector role in strengthening these institutions.

# **Federal Agencies** 

Thirty-four federal agencies participate under Executive Order 13256.
These agencies enter into appropriate grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements and other arrangements with HBCUs to increase their ability
to participate in federally funded programs. The executive order
requires that federal agencies produce an annual federal plan and annual
federal report for assistance to HBCUs.

# **Private Sector Involvement**

In addition to active public involvement, the executive order encourages
initiatives by the private sector to strengthen HBCUs. The goal of
private sector involvement is to increase voluntary private sector
contributions to support the enhancement of endowments and the overall
financial stability of the institutions; to improve and enhance the
quality and number of private-sector partnerships focused on academic
program development; and to aid HBCUs by improving information
management and facilities and strengthening academic course offerings.

[^1]: Certified Amount Matched and Required Match Amount are identical
    except where noted

[^2]: West Virginia State College was not a participant until FY 2002

[^3]: Waiver approved for fiscal year matching requirement.

[^4]: Data compiled by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
    Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2002.

    Blank spaces are included because 1890 HBCUs were not required to
    match until Fiscal Year 2000.

[^5]: Now under the Department of Homeland Security

[^6]: 42 U.S.C. §601 et seq.

[^7]: 42 U.S.C. §601 et seq.

[^8]: See *Historically Black Colleges and Universities, An Assessment
    of Networking and Connectivity*. U.S. Department of Commerce (NTIA),
    Henry Ponder, Mildred Freeman, and Stephanie Myers, (Oct. 2000). See
    also *Funding the 'Infostructure' A Guide to Financing Technology
    Infrastructure in Higher Education*, Lumina Foundation for
    Education, New Agenda Series, 2001.

[^9]: See National Science Foundation Funding Chart at appendix B. See
    also "HBCUs: An Educational System at the Crossroads," *Black Issues
    in Higher* *Education*, Bernard Turner, Vol. 19, No. 4, (Aug. 29,
    2002); and "Correcting the Inequities in Federal Research Funding,"
    *Black Issues in Higher* *Education*, Anthony Salandy, Vol. 19, No.
    7, page 42 (May 23, 2002).

[^10]: "National Strategy for Homeland Security," Office of Homeland
    Security, July 16, 2002.

[^11]: See Sec. 1449 of Subtitle G of the *National Agricultural
    Research Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977* (7 U.S.C.
    §3222c), which amends the *Second Morrill Act*. A comparison of
    funding of traditionally white land-grant institutions and
    historically black land-grant institutions can be found at Appendix
    E.

[^12]: See the April 17, 2002, letter from William H. Gray, III to Hon.
    Roderick Paige, Secretary of Education, regarding data from the
    Fiscal and Strategic Technical Assistance Program (FASTAP) with
    respect to the oversight, application of SACS Criteria,
    decision-making by the Commission on Colleges, and sanctions imposed
    by the Southern Association during the period 1995-2000.

[^13]: Executive Order 12232, *Federal Register*, Vol. 45, No. 157,
    Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1980.

[^14]: 20 USC 1061 (2), Title III of the *Higher Education Act of 1965.*

[^15]: Compiled from the *Digest of Education Statistics* *2002*, U.S.
    Department of Education.