Abstract
Assuming a leadership role in an enlarged program of community development or urban affairs is a most viable alternative for all of higher education, but especially is this so for those institutions of higher education founded for blacks. One could hardly take issue with this simple proposition; it does, however, set forth a paradox most immediately. The colleges which are more naturally suited to facilitate programs in community development are generally least equipped to do so. Even so, it does appear that those institutions of higher education which have served primarily black clientele in their history would be selective for optimal accomplishments in the broad area of community development. At least three very important characteristics recommend this direction: singleness of purpose, homogeneity of clientele, and institutional flexibility. Although the traditional purposes of higher education, instruction, research, and public service have been basic to the existence of Black Colleges all the while, such functions were subordinated, for the most part, to the expediency of
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