Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University Seal
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| Motto | "I'll Find a Way or Make One" (Atlanta University); "Culture for Service" (Clark College) |
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| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Established | July 1, 1988 Atlanta University (1865) Clark College (1869) |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| Endowment | $66.7 million |
| President | Ronald A. Johnson, Ph.D. |
| Students | 3,485 |
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Campus | Urban, 126 acres (0.5 km2) |
| Colors | Red, Black, Gray |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II |
| Nickname | Black Panther |
| Affiliations | SIAC |
| Website | www.cau.edu |
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| 1865 | Atlanta University founded |
| 1869 | Clark College established in Atlanta's Summerhill section |
| 1871 | Clark College relocated to Whitehall and McDaniel Street property. |
| 1877 | Clark College chartered and renamed to Clark University |
| 1880 | Clark University conferred its first degree |
| 1929 | Atlanta University Center established |
| 1988 | Clark Atlanta University created |
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| U.S. News & World Report | RNP |
| Washington Monthly | 161 |
Coordinates: 33°45′3″N 84°24′37″W / 33.75083°N 84.41028°W
Clark Atlanta University is a private, historically black university in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was formed in 1988 with the consolidation of Clark College (founded in 1869) and Atlanta University (founded in 1865). Clark Atlanta University is a member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and is the largest institution in the Atlanta University Center Consortium.
Clark Atlanta University was formed by the consolidation of Atlanta University, which offered only graduate degrees, and Clark College, a four-year undergraduate institution oriented towards the liberal arts.
Atlanta University, founded in 1865 by the American Missionary Association, with later assistance from the Freedmen's Bureau, was, before consolidation, the nation's oldest graduate institution serving a predominantly African-American student body. By the late 1870s, Atlanta College had begun granting bachelor's degrees and supplying black teachers and librarians to the public schools of the South. In 1929–30, it began offering graduate education exclusively in various liberal arts areas, and in the social and natural forensis. It gradually added professional programs in social work, library science, and business administration. At this same time, Atlanta University affiliated with Morehouse College and Spelman College in a university plan known as the Atlanta University Center.
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