ABSTRACT
Resident instruction has been the principal focus of many 1890 institutions until 1969 when these institutions also began to receive funds for research and extension programs under the now Evans Allen funds. Resident instruction has received state funding as a component of the agricultural and mechanical institution. The move toward efficiency and accountability in higher educational programs has led to a reduction in the number of 1890 institutions with resident instruction programs; even fewer have degree programs in agricultural economics. The 1890 institutions have well-defined and important roles to play in resident instruction. Most of the black American students who attend graduate school in colleges of agriculture at 1862 institutions obtain their first degrees at 1890 institutions. Traditionally the graduates of the colleges of agriculture and agricultural economics programs at 1890 universities found employment principally as vocational agriculture teachers at both predominantly black and all-black high schools in the South.
