Twenty-first century historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) stand at the precipice of a hard-fought past and an unknown future. To contend that the future of HBCUs is precarious is an unpopular, though accurate characterization. For all of their more than one and three-quarter century existence, these institutions have served as safe ports amid the storm of prejudice which rages against Black people in the American experience. And in a sociopolitical climate in which...