report. submitted to the White House. states that while total Federal funds provided to black colleges "is not Insignificant. it is relatively small when contrasted with the support the Federal Government grants to other minority groups." It notes that Federal programs currently provide $125 million to educate at the precollege and vocational levels the children of 500.000 American Indians living on reservations. It also states that $87 million was provided in 1970 to assist Cuban refugee families. "It is important to realize that many Federal programs exclude the black colleges .. because most Federal education funds are aimed at graduate training and research." the report points out. It notes that only 15 black colleges have graduate programs leading to the M.A. in a discipline other than education and only Howard University routinely grants the Ph.D. As reported earlier. former HEW Secretary Robert H.