Changes in institutional viability were studied for Tuskegee Institute and six black land grant institutions that had received grants between 1974-1977 from the federal Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP). The study instrument consisted of 59 financial and nonfinancial indicators, most of which were developed by Kevin J. Gilmartin. To determine the impact of the AIDP grant on the indicators, administrators responding to the survey assessed the institution for the year that the institution's grant began and changes occurring by the year after the grant ended. The AIDP grant had a moderate impact on changes in institutional viability for each of the seven institutions. As perceived by the administrators, curriculum improvement activities had the most impact on measures of institutional viability, followed by administrative improvement. Four of the institutions reported an increase in: government appropriations per full-time equivalent student, tuition and fees per student, full-time equivalent enrollment, and number of faculty. Five of the institutions reported an increased in instructional expenditures per full-time equivalent student, while six institutions reported an increase in total current fund expenditure per full-time equivalent student. (SW)