Tuskegee's time: 125th anniversary puts spotlight on the university's renewed vision.(Cover story)

Diverse Issues in Higher Education | December 28, 2006| | Copyright

TUSKEGEE, Ala.

From its earliest years, Tuskegee University, known initially as Tuskegee Institute, navigated the higher education landscape with considerable skill. Shifting after its 1881 founding from a state-controlled teachers' institute to an independent, state-related college by the 1890s, Tuskegee qualified as one of the 18 historically Black schools named as an "1890" federal land-grant institution. It became the only private Black school to benefit from the 1890 land-grant status, which made it eligible for federal funding. From the 1890s through the early ...

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