Document Tag: HBCU

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Performance-Based Funding: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2024)

This paper examined how performance-based funding (PBF) policies shape institutional performance and student outcomes for public four-year or above historically
Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). By conducting a systematic review of the
literature, the findings expanded on two main areas, as underscored by the pieces
reviewed: (a) how the implementation of PBF policies across states impacts public
four-year or above HBCUs, and (b) the intended and unintended consequences of
PBF policy on public four-year or above HBCUs. The review of the literature largely
indicated that public HBCUs continue to feel the burden of long-term disinvestment
and lack of policy planning that is attentive to their histories, mission, and needs.
Although researchers are still evaluating the impact of PBF policies on institutional
performance and student outcomes based on PBF 2.0, the literature has affirmed that
PBF 1.0 has negatively impacted student performance, raising several concerns about
the future of HBCUs.

The Effect of State Appropriations on College Graduation Rates of Diverse Students (2023)

This study estimates the effect of state appropriations on the graduation rates of freshman cohorts by race/ethnicity. Data were obtained for public four-year institutions (n = 415) representing six freshman cohorts between 2007 and 2012. Hybrid regression models indicated that a ten percent increase in appropriations would yield a percentage point increase in graduation rates of .59 for all students, .99 for Black students, .84 for Latinx students, and .59 for White students. However, the effect of state appropriations on graduation rates varied across institutions (-1.03 to 2.99 percentage point change) and was frequently larger at institutions with medium or high subsidy reliance (.70 to 1.39 percentage point change). Also, the effect of state appropriations on Black student graduation rates was 2.48 times larger at HBCUs. This study suggests that state appropriations can be an effective instrument for raising the graduation rates of diverse students to help meet state attainment goals

Basic Needs Insecurities among College Students at Minority-Serving Institutions (2022)

Almost two-thirds of students at HBCUs, PBIs, and HSIs had experienced basic needs insecurities (i.e., food insecurity, housing insecurity, or homelessness) while in college. • Nearly half (44 percent) of surveyed students at participating minorityserving institutions were food insecure. • Eleven percent had faced all three forms of basic needs insecurity within the past year (from October/November 2020 to October/November 2021). • Respondents with basic needs insecurities were more likely to be female, identify as a first-generation student, and indicate they were likely suffering from anxiety and/or depressed mood.

Basic Needs Insecurity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities A #RealCollegeHBCU Report (2022)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were established primarily in the post-Civil War era to meet the educational needs of Black Americans. They provide pathways to upward social mobility and have a long-standing commitment to promoting both academic success and students’ health and well-being. But persistent funding inequities at both the state and federal levels actively undermine those commitments and leave the sector particularly vulnerable during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This report, a collaboration between The Hope Center and the Center for the Study of HBCUs, uses data from the #RealCollege Survey to examine the overlapping challenges affecting students attending HBCUs during fall 2020. In total, nearly 5,000 students from 14 public and private four-year HBCUs responded to the survey.