FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 UNDERSTANDING BLACK COLLEGES -- 2 BLACK CAMPUS POPULATIONS -- 3 PROFILES OF SELECTED BLACK COLLEGES -- 4 MISSION MATTERS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS -- 5 THE MORE THINGS CHANGE,THE MORE THEYSTAY THE SAME -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Four-Year, Historically Black Colleges and Universities -- APPENDIX B Predominantly Black Colleges and Universities -- APPENDIX C The Research Framework: A Note on Method -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.