Cynthia L. Jackson is a faculty member at the Union Institute in Cincinnati, OH. She is the author of ABC-CLIO's African American Education.Eleanor F. Nunn is director of the Historically Minority Universities Biotechnology Center at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, NC.

"That a group of schools exists under the official rubric 'historically black colleges and universities' (HBCU) is not well-known amongst the general public . . . examines many aspects of these 103 higher education institutions, which enroll approximately 21 percent of all black college students . . . This volume is recommended for all education and black studies collections." - American Reference Books Annual

Cynthia L. Jackson is a faculty member at the Union Institute in Cincinnati, OH. She is the author of ABC-CLIO's African American Education.Eleanor F. Nunn is director of the Historically Minority Universities Biotechnology Center at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, NC.

"That a group of schools exists under the official rubric 'historically black colleges and universities' (HBCU) is not well-known amongst the general public . . . examines many aspects of these 103 higher education institutions, which enroll approximately 21 percent of all black college students . . . This volume is recommended for all education and black studies collections." - American Reference Books Annual