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"(10) That there should be no restriction on the expansion of graduate
work at the North Carolina College in any field whenever the demand warrants
such expansion and the necessary funds are available to the College.

"11) That the College should make early plans for the additions of curricula
leading to Master's Degrees not offered at present; and curricula leading to
the Doctoral Degree in such fields as English, French and History.

"(12) That the administrative officials of the University ardthe North Carolina
College should continue their long established cooperation with the view of
providing North Carolina Negroes with opportunities for graduate work as the
demand may exist.

"(13) That the Board of Trustees of the University will support, in 1953,
requests of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina College to the General
Assembly for appropriations to advance the building program of the College,
including buildings for Education, Biology and Commerce.

"The establishment of the Doctoral Degree in Education at the North Carolina
College is long overdue. Education is without question the field of graduate study
in which the College has its greatest opportunity for academic distinction -and its
chief responsibility to the Negroes of North Carolina.

"Probably, today, there are more Negro North Carolinians who are studying
for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Education and Doctor of Education
than there are white North Carolinians studying for the same degrees.

"At this moment, on July 16, 1951, 363 North Carolina Negroes are receiv-
ing monetary grants from the State to help finance their graduate study in univer-
sities outside of North Carolina. These Negroes are enrolled in some of the
best universities in America. (Remember, no Negro University in the United
States grants degrees at the doctoral level).

"of the 363 North Carolina Negroes who are doing graduate work at univer-
sities outside the State this summer, 317 hold the Master's Degree, and 240 of
the 317 are concentrating in the subject area of Education. No other state in
America can approach this record.

"It will be recalled that under the 'Murphy Act' the State provides a qualified
Negro student an expense differential if he or she enrolls in an out-of-state univer-
sity for graduate courses that are offered in the University of North Carolina and
NOT offered in the State's Negro Colleges. This grant is determined by the
amount of difference between what it costs the student to attend the university out
of the State and what it would cost him to attend the University of North Carolina.

"Nearly 500 more North Carolina Negroes are enrolled at the North Caro-
lina College this summer in graduate courses leading to the Master's Degree in
Education. Approximately 300 other students are candidates for the Master's
Degree in other fields.

"Quite obviously there is an overwhe lming need for the establishment of the
Doctoral Degree in Education at the North Carolina College.

"The only possible reason for the seeming failure of the College to respond to
the graduate educational needs of our Negro citizens is the fact that the North
Carolina College has not received all of the appropriations requested from the
General Assembly for the financing of this expansion of its graduate program.

"We believe that the State is determined to fulfill its obligation to its qualified
Negro citizens by providing graduate instruction at the North Carolina College
equal in excellence to that provided at the University of North Carolina. If the
proposals of the Joint Committee are adopted, that goal can be achieved quickly in
the area of Education.

"We commend the Joint Committee representing the Trustees of the Univer-
sity and of the North Carolina College, for the manner in which they are per-
forming their painstaking and time-consuming job.

"We have faith that the University Trustees today and the North Carolina
College Trustees on July 18 will approve the program developed through the dis-
cussions of the Joint Committee.