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The institution was originally known as Atlanta Junior College. The name was changed in 1988 to Atlanta Metropolitan College. For several decades after its establishment, the institution was the only predominantly African-American two-year institution in the state. In 2012, the institution began offering four-year degree programs.
Cartoon from 1922 showing several colleges and universities in the metropolitan area Atlanta, Georgia is home to the largest concentration of colleges and universities in the Southern United States. Two of the most important public universities in Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia State, have their campuses downtown. A campus of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, that ...
Perimeter College was founded by the DeKalb County Board of Education as DeKalb College in 1958 and offered its first classes in Clarkston, Georgia, in 1964. Its service area grew as new campuses opened and students came to the college from throughout the metro area. In 1997, DeKalb College was renamed Georgia Perimeter College.
East Georgia State College (EGSC) Swainsboro: 1973 State College David Schecter 1,538 $31,438,842 227 acres (0.92 km 2) South Georgia State College (SGSC) Douglas: 1906 State College Gregory M. Tanner (Interim) 1,697 $29,381,320 190 acres (0.77 km 2) Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC) Atlanta: 1974 State College Ingrid Thompson-Sellers 1,563
Atlanta Technical College was originally established in 1945 after World War II as an adult vocational school, Smith-Hughes Vocational School.In 1964, the school's location was moved to Smith High School (now closed), and the school was renamed to Hoke Smith Technical Institute.
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The college's Technical Education Center opened on the Belle Glade campus in 2010. Also in 2010, PBCC officially adopted its new name: Palm Beach State College. The change reflected PBSC's ability ...
Atlanta University was established in 1865, the forerunner of Morehouse College in 1867, Clark University in 1869, Spelman College in 1881, and Morris Brown College in 1881. This was one of several factors aiding the establishment of one of the nation's oldest and best-established African-American elite in Atlanta.