Allowable HBCU Activities

Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes;
Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services;
Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in their field of instruction;
Academic instruction in disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented;
Purchase of library books, periodicals, microfilm, and other educational materials;
Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success;
Funds and administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management;
Joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries;
Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from alumni and the private sector;
Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the State that shall include, as part of such program, preparation for teacher certification;
Establishing community outreach programs which will encourage elementary and secondary students to develop academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education; and
Establishing and maintaining an institutional endowment to facilitate financial independence.