Maryland HBCU's prepare for trial.

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Trial focuses on whether Md. black colleges receive enough state funding, support


By Daniel de Vise, Published: January 3

A trial began Tuesday in Baltimore to settle a federal lawsuit that alleges that Maryland’s historically black colleges receive too little funding and institutional support to fully overcome past generations of state-sponsored discrimination.

The case hinges partly on whether Maryland spends enough money on its historically black public institutions to correct decades of disparity, a point the litigants dispute. It also poses a more complex question: For historically black schools to prosper, must they be protected against undue competition from other schools?


Maryland’s public higher-education system operated for decades under a succession of desegregation plans. Blacks were mostly barred from several public colleges until the mid-1950s, and the institutions remained deeply segregated into the 1970s........


Robert Caret, a former Towson president, told the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007, “I fully support our [historically black colleges and universities], but they have to realize that they are in a capitalistic society, and at some point they need to be working with these programs to make them competitive.â€￾

That last paragraph hits home. Market value should and will play a big role in higher education's future.

 

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Trial focuses on whether Md. black colleges receive enough state funding, support


By Daniel de Vise, Published: January 3

A trial began Tuesday in Baltimore to settle a federal lawsuit that alleges that Maryland’s historically black colleges receive too little funding and institutional support to fully overcome past generations of state-sponsored discrimination.

The case hinges partly on whether Maryland spends enough money on its historically black public institutions to correct decades of disparity, a point the litigants dispute. It also poses a more complex question: For historically black schools to prosper, must they be protected against undue competition from other schools?


Maryland’s public higher-education system operated for decades under a succession of desegregation plans. Blacks were mostly barred from several public colleges until the mid-1950s, and the institutions remained deeply segregated into the 1970s........


Robert Caret, a former Towson president, told the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007, “I fully support our [historically black colleges and universities], but they have to realize that they are in a capitalistic society, and at some point they need to be working with these pro grams to make them competitive.”

That last paragraph hits home. Market value should and will play a big role in higher education's future.

True! The University of Marlyand which is the main university in the state get's a lot of money. Just like anyother state, the main universities get the majority of the funding. Bowie State, Morgan State and UMES are pretty good schools, but UM is getting a lot of our really bright AA students. UM is top-notch no doubht about it.