| Descriptor English: | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Colegios y Universidades Históricamente Negras |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Faculdades e Universidades Historicamente para Negros |
| Descriptor French: | Without translation |
| Entry term(s): |
HBCU HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) HBCUs HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) |
| Tree number(s): |
I02.783.830.500 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099002 |
| Scope note: | The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/) |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
| Previous Indexing: |
Black or African American 2023(2004) |
| Public MeSH Note: | 2025 |
| History Note: | 2025 |
| DeCS ID: | 60932 |
| Unique ID: | D000099002 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 2025/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 2024/08/09 |
| Revision Date: | 2024/06/06 |
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ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Education [I02]Education
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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| Concept UI |
M000767722 |
| Scope note | The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/) |
| Preferred term | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| Entry term(s) |
HBCU HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) HBCUs HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) |
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