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Is Historically Black College or University

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). It applies within the vendor site details for an Other Transaction Award and represents the system’s recorded classification for that site.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity
Title
Is Historically Black College or University
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). It applies within the vendor site details for an Other Transaction Award and represents the system’s recorded classification for that site.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic, institutional, and diversity-related analysis of award recipients and vendor site composition. Analysts use it to identify awards involving HBCUs, monitor participation patterns, and support compliance, reporting, and equity-focused procurement reviews.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Count awards involving HBCU vendor sites
  • Segment OT awards by educational institution type
  • Support diversity and supplier participation reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag applies to the full vendor entity rather than the specific site record
  • Filtering on the raw value without confirming whether the dataset uses boolean, numeric, or coded representations

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter in WHERE clauses, typically for true/false or 1/0 logic depending on the dataset encoding. When aggregating, group by the flag value to separate HBCU from non-HBCU records, and validate any nulls or nonstandard codes before reporting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity AS is_historically_black_college_or_university
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isHistoricallyBlackCollegeOrUniversity IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.