Abstract
This chapter explores how Morgan State University was able to utilize federal funds, specifically the Department of Education's Title III Program, to develop its graduate degree programs and its online degree programs. Morgan celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2017, marking the institution's founding in 1867 by the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the Centenary Biblical Institute. The development of Morgan's graduate programs, in particular its inventory of doctoral programs, as well as its online degree and post-baccalaureate certificate programs, has occurred in the absence of financial support from the State of Maryland. Numerous reports commissioned by the State of Maryland document its long history of neglect in funding its Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Morgan achieved university status when the State Legislature first authorized Morgan to offer doctoral degrees. The additional doctoral programs resulted in a significant increase in enrollment at Morgan; and a change in Morgan's Carnegie classification from Master's Comprehensive University to Doctoral Research University.
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