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Historically black colleges, including Bennett in Greensboro, locked in fight for survival
- By Kurtis Lee and Jaweed Kaleem Los Angeles Times
- Apr 27, 2019
- Apr 27, 2019
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- 7 min to read
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Bennett College gate (copy)
The Gorrell Street gate of Bennett College, with Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel in the background.
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In recent years, HBCUs have struggled to attract students. Los Angeles Times
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Re-inventing Bennett: Committee to plan college's future
The Bennett Re-Engineering Committee will meet for the first time Thursday and work throughout the summer.
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The Syllabus: The road ahead for Bennett College (cont.)
Two higher ed publications take a look at the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, the accrediting agency that Bennett College is looking to join.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson at Bennett
In this May 2018 photo, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former N.C. A&T student body president and U.S. presidential candidate, delivers the bacca…
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Bennett women2-1.jpg (copy)
Demonstration in Greensboro on Oct. 14, 1962. Second woman is Ollie Johnson Bennett, class of 1962.
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'Our fight continues': Bennett College loses its accreditation but files suit and gets it back
The college remains accredited as legal action against the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges winds through federal court. Bennett also has started the process to seek accreditation from another agency.
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Bennett College accreditation (copy)
Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins waves a towel with Bennett College alumni after announcing Feb. 4 the college had raised more…
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The Gorrell Street gate of Bennett College, with Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel in the background.
- John Newsom/News & Record
In this May 2018 photo, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former N.C. A&T student body president and U.S. presidential candidate, delivers the baccalaureate address at Bennett College in Greensboro.
- News & Record file
Demonstration in Greensboro on Oct. 14, 1962. Second woman is Ollie Johnson Bennett, class of 1962.
The Little Theater (white doors) and the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel at Bennett College.
- John Newsom, News & Record
Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins waves a towel with Bennett College alumni after announcing Feb. 4 the college had raised more than $8 million through an aggressive fundraising campaign. The campaign began after the school learned in December that it had been removed from membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The small, private college, which has raised $9.5 million in its bid to retain accreditation, is fighting after losing its accreditation appeal hearing.
- H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record
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