This hearing on the needs of historically black colleges and universities is part of a series designed to explore the issues these institutions face and the opportunities associated with historically black colleges and universities. The opening statement of Representative Peter Hoekstra, chair of the Subcommittee on Select Education, is followed by these statements from these individuals: (1) Representative Tim Roemer; (2) Representative Patsy T. Mink; (3) Representative Howard P. McKeon; (4) Representative Major Owens; (5) William B. Delauder, president, Delaware State University; (6) Shirley A. R. Lewis, president, Paine College; (7) Frederick S. Humphries, president, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; and (8) Christopher Elders, student, Morehouse College. Appendixes contain the written statements of these witnesses. (SLD)