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Breaking News - Morris Brown Loses Accreditation
This is truly a sad day for Morris Brown - and all HBCU's...
Any Morris Brown alums in the house?
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UPDATE: BREAKING NEWS
Morris Brown loses accreditation
By ANDREA JONES
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Morris Brown College today learned it will lose its accreditation -- a devastating blow that will strip the school of the federal financial aid most students depend on to help pay their college expenses.
The 117-year-old historically black school has been dealing with mounting financial debt and federal scrutiny for more than a year and had hopes that it was finally on the right track.
Morris Brown's accrediting agency, the Decatur-based Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, clearly disagreed.
The agency's commission, made of 77 high-ranking officials--- mostly college presidents and chancellors --- yanked the school's accreditation Monday, during a national meeting in San Antonio.
College president Charles Taylor announced the decision at a campuswide meeting with students and faculty this afternoon.
Morris Brown was founded in 1885 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church Ñ and is the only Georgia college founded by blacks.
One of six schools in the Atlanta University Center, Morris Brown's mission has been in part, to educate students who might not have had the opportunity to go to college otherwise.
Notable alumni include the late civil rights activist Hosea Williams and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson.
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