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MeSH Heading: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Tree Number(s): I02.783.830.500
Unique ID: D000099002
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099002
Scope Note: The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/
Entry Term(s): HBCU; HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Previous Indexing: Black or African American 2023(2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/06/06

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000767722
Scope Note: The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.” (https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/
Terms: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Preferred Term
Term UI T001143735
Date04/09/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); HBCU
Term UI T001143736
Date04/09/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Term UI T001143737
Date04/09/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities MeSH Descriptor Data 2025