HBCU FUNDING VS. PWI FUNDING
what is an hbcu?
- An HbCu is a historically black College and university
- there are 107 hbcus in the united states
- created for black americans
what is a pwi?
- predominantly white institutions
- around 700 colleges
- denied entry of black americans
private institutions
- set their own rules
- privately funded
- different curriculums
- community colleges
public institutions
- under state supervision/ownership
- receive funding from the state governments
- generally larger than private colleges
- more majors than private colleges
- community colleges
differences in funding
- hbcus receive less money
- hbcus depend more on government funding and get less
- endowment difference