The members of the PBCC-HBCC Network are located in 8 states:

Alabama: Bishop State Community College, Chattahoochee Valley Community College, Gadsden State Community College, H. Councill Trenholm State Community College, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College, Lawson State Community College, Shelton State Community College, and Wallace Community College Selma
Arkansas: Arkansas State University Mid-South, Southeast Arkansas College, and University of Arkansas- Pulaski Technical College
Georgia: Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Illinois: Olive-Harvey College (City Colleges of Chicago)
Louisiana: Baton Rouge Community College, Delgado Community College, and Southern University at Shreveport
Massachusetts: Roxbury Community College
Michigan: Wayne County Community College District
South Carolina: Central Carolina Technical College, Denmark Technical College Northeastern Technical College, and Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College

Approximately 13% of Black students attend community colleges. There are 12 historically Black community colleges and 49 predominantly Black community colleges in the U.S. HBCCs are institutions with a historical mission of serving Black students. PBCCs enroll at least 40% African American students and at least 50% students who come from under-resourced households or are the first in their family to attend college. These schools are designed to cost less for full-time undergraduates than do similar colleges. "Many in higher education don't know these institutions exist," Spiva says. "We want to elevate the work they're doing."

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