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Clark Atlanta University

Clark Atlanta University
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Clark Atlanta University Seal
Motto "I'll Find a Way or Make One" (Atlanta University); "Culture for Service" (Clark College)
Type Private, HBCU
Established July 1, 1988 (1988-07-01)
Atlanta University (1865)
Clark College (1869)
Affiliation United Methodist Church
Endowment $66.7 million
President Ronald A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Students 3,485
Location Atlanta, Georgia,
United States
Campus Urban, 126 acres (0.5 km2)
Colors Red, Black, Gray
              
Athletics NCAA Division II
Nickname Panthers
Affiliations SIAC
Website www.cau.edu
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CAU's history at a glance
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
University rankings
National
U.S. News & World Report RNP
Washington Monthly 161

Coordinates: 33°45′3″N 84°24′37″W / 33.75083°N 84.41028°W / 33.75083; -84.41028

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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