Desegregation in Higher Education in Maryland

Abstract

By law, by custom, by recent declaration, and/or by practice the institutions of higher learning in Maryland are committed to a policy whereby Negro Americans are not refused admission because of their In reply to the question, What is the present policy of your institution, twentyfour of twenty-five responding institutions checked affirmatively the following: To admit all qualified applicants, regardless of race. The additional respondent wrote that it admits the 'best qualified' rather than 'all qualified'.... No one is excluded solely on the basis of race.' The College Blue Book lists seventytwo institutions of higher learning in Maryland. This directory includes every type of institution and also gives separate listings to the constituent schools and of the larger institutions. Without the latter double entries the total number of institutions would be nearer to thirty-six, to which should be added seven community junior colleges recently established by school districts, on a more or less emergency basis. For this study information was requested from thirty-four institutions. Completed questionnaires were returned by twenty-four. The institutions identifying themselves as religious are sponsored by the