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Atlanta University Center, at Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational. The largest consortium of historically African-American educational institutions in the country, it was organized in 1929 when three schools-Atlanta Univ. (chartered 1867), Morehouse College (1867), and Spelman College (1881)-became affiliated in a university plan. Atlanta Univ. was to be devoted exclusively to graduate education, with the other two colleges providing undergraduate programs. Later Clark College (chartered 1877), Interdenominational Theological Center (1958), Morehouse School of Medicine (1982), and Morris Brown College (1885) also joined the university center's affiliation agreement. In 1988 Clark College and Atlanta Univ. merged to form Clark Atlanta Univ., which is still part of the university center.

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Atlanta University Center
AUC
Motto Strength in Diversity
Established April 1, 1929
Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Website www.aucenter.edu

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) is the largest contiguous consortium of African-Americans in higher education in the United States. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. The institutions included in this consortium are Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine. The consortium structure allows for students to cross-register at the other institutions in order to attain a broader collegiate experience. They also share the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

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History

The AUC was created in April of 1929, when John Hope, then president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University saw the potential gains from such a consortium. The former Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College signed the affiliation agreement and became the original members of the AUC. Clark College and Morris Brown College joined in 1957, followed by the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in 1959.[1]

Former members

Morris Brown College was a member of the AUC until it lost its accreditation and federal funding in 2002 because of financial mismanagement during the 1998–2002 tenure of Dr. Dolores E. Cross as school president.[2] The college has since rejoined the AUC. The ITC, while still fully operational, is now a former member.

Location

The AUC campuses are located near downtown Atlanta, southwest of the Georgia Dome.

Religious Institutions

Two denominational campus ministry centers have been established to serve the students of the Atlanta University Center. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta operates the Lyke House Catholic Student Center, and the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta operates the Absalom Jones Episcopal Student Center and Chapel. Each of these campus ministry facilities are named after notable Black American clerics.[3]

References

  1. ^ "AUC Consortium Inc.: History". Atlanta University Center. http://www.aucenter.edu/history.php. 
  2. ^ Atlanta Progressive News. http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0419.html. Retrieved September 4, 2009. 
  3. ^ The Catholic Student Center is named for the late Atlanta Archbishop James P. Lyke (1939-1992); the Episcopal Student Center Center and Chapel is named after Reverend Absalom Jones (1746–1818), the first Black American priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States.

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