SR_DPI_DNE_Special_Subject_File_B5F1_Durham_NC_College_Negroes_006

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aim of the institution. The first concern of the college should be to do
standard college work. Accrediting agencies have very definite, objective
requirements that must be met for an institution to be recognized as standard.
In this State, that agency is the North Carolina College Conference. However,
so that the institutions would be recognized as standard by this State
might not be discredited in other states, the standards which this Conference
maintains approximate those of regional agencies, such as the Southern Associa-
tion of Secondary Schools and Colleges or the North Central Association. The State Department of Public Instruction is the administrative agency for the
North Carolina College Conference.

What are the essential requirements for a standard college, according
to the principles set up by the North Carolina College Conference? To what ex-
tent does the North Carolina College for Negroes meet those standards? A brief
digest of the standard, with the actual conditions at the North Carolina
College for Negroes in parallel column, appears below.

[column one]
Requirements for
Standard College

1. For approximately 100 students
there should be at least eight de-
partment heads devoting full time
to college work.

2. Each Department head should have
at least an A. M. Degree or the
equivalent.

3. Operating income of at least
$40,000 with at least $15,000 from
stable sources.

[column two]
Conditions at the North
Carolina College for Negroes

1. Has nine instructors devoting full
time to college work. These include
three instructors in one department,
namely Commerce. Instructores who do
not devote full time to teaching are
not included.

2. Has three with A. M. Degrees and
three with the equivalent. Total of
six.

3. Legislative appropriation for
1927-28 was $35,000. This would be
interpreted as stable income.