TABLE I.-University and college participation in federally sponsored education 1 U.S. Office of Education, "A Survey of Federal Programs in Higher Education: app. II, University and College Participation in Federally Sponsored Programs," August 1961. Schools represented on the table are public and private. The list of these institutions by name is too extensive for presentation here. The above tabulation is presented only to indicate the general scope of Federal aid to higher education. The listing by specific institutions will be found in the primary source as cited in footnote 1 above. 3 Total number of institutions participating in the given number of programs, e.g., Alabama has 1 institution participating in 8 Federal programs, 1 institution participating in 7 Federal programs, etc. DESEGREGATION IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED IN SOUTHERN AND BORDER STATES HIGHLIGHTS AND SUMMARY Table II reports the status of desegregation in institutions of higher education located in Southern and border States. For those institutions located in the region designated as Southern and border (17 States and the District of Columbia) it is reported that of the 285 tax-supported institutions 152 or 53.3 percent are known to be desegrated in practice or principle.1 A total of 105 nonpublic schools are reported by table II as desegregated institutions. Enrollments in these nonpublic institutions by white and Negro groups and the date of desegregation action are not available. We have reported available information about nonpublic institutions in order to enable the reader to obtain a broad picture of the total desegregation status in Southern and border States. No attention has been given by table II to institutions of higher education located in Northern and Western States. The following discussion is relative to these institutions. Before 1954 ***Four States outside the region (Southern and border)-Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyomingallowed varieties of local segregation contrary to law. Sixteen States had laws prohibiting segregation but not all enforced them. Eleven other Northern and Western States had no laws on the subject." 2 Within the time limits of this study, we were not able to identify a readily available source reporting the status of desegregation of institutions of higher education located in Northern and Western States, other than in response to our request for information related to specific programs embraced by the total study. 1 Based upon information presented in statistical summary of school segregation-desegregation in the Southern and border States. Southern Education Reporting Service, November 1961. Updated February 1962. Various pages. 2 Ibid., p1 2. |