September 25, 1998

Education Department Pact With Florida Could Help Public Black Colleges

By PATRICK HEALY

Public black colleges in six states could gain academic programs, buildings, and a new lease on life under a desegregation strategy that the federal government has used in Florida.

After three years of sometimes rocky negotiations, officials of Florida and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights have signed an agreement that commits the state to improve opportunities for minority college

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