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Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre (16 ha) campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk became the first historically black institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges ...
Fisk University President Agenia Walker Clark is photographed in front of Cravath Hall at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Walker Clark's office is on the third floor ...
Hillsdale College. Hillsdale College is a private, conservative, [4][5] and Christian [6][7][8] liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Michigan. It was founded in 1844 by members of the Free Will Baptists. [9] Women were admitted to the college in 1844, making the college the second-oldest coeducational educational institution in the United States.
Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. While the majority of African Americans lived in the ...
In 2023, the average HBCU 6-year undergraduate graduation rate was 35% while the national average was 64%. Spelman College had the highest graduation rate among HBCUs at 74%. [53] Also in 2023, 73% of students attending HBCUs were Pell Grant eligible while the national average was 34%.
1953. first African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics; former Chair, mathematics department at Spelman College. John Hope Franklin. 1935. historian, professor, scholar, author of landmark text From Slavery to Freedom. Victor O. Frazer. United States House of Representatives (1995–1997) Alonzo Fulgham.
Website. www.howard.edu. Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood. [7] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Children. 1 son, 1 daughter. Walter J. Leonard (October 3, 1929 – December 8, 2015) was an American lawyer and university administrator. As an administrator at Harvard University, he pioneered affirmative action in admissions. He was the president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1977 to 1984.