The Survival and Function of the Negro College in a Changing Social Order

Abstract

We are engaged in total war. Total war implies that all social institutions, including education at all levels, have, an indispensable contribution to make toward winning the war. The Negro college is sharing, along with other institutions of higher learning, in practically all efforts and contributions toward final victory. Recent studies by Davis, Branson, Evans and Patterson summarize the contributions of the Negro college and of Negro higher education to various phases of the war effort.' But while the primary problem is, of course, winning the war it is equally important to win the peace, and it is expected that -all Negro colleges and universities, Whether publicly or privately controlled, will have a vision of their responsibilities in both the present conflict and the post-war social order. There are those who argue that the future is hopelessly unpredictable and that any attempt at post-war planning constitutes unwarranted diversion of energy from the war effort. It is granted that in these times of