Durham College (North Carolina)
Durham College (also known as Durham Business College and previously as McCauley Business School[1] and Durham Business School[2]) was a junior college in Durham, North Carolina. It was opened 1947 and closed in 1980.[1][3]
Degrees[edit]
Degrees included:[3]
- Executive Secretarial
- Legal Secretarial
- Business Administration
- Automation Secretarial
- Accounting
- Medical Secretarial
- Management and Computer Programming
- Pollution Control Administration
- Environmental Science Technology
- Laboratory Technicians[1]
- Court Reporting
Locations[edit]
- Originally in a five-room house on what is currently South Roxboro St.[1]
- 1958, 2635 Fayetteville Rd.[4]
- 1961, relocated to 404-406 South Mangum Street due to the Durham School board occupying the Elementary School that the school had previously used as its campus.[5]
- 1966, 3128 Fayetteville Street.[6]
History[edit]
The school was founded by Dr. Lucinda McCauley Harris as "McCauley Business School" in 1946 for the purpose of training negros for business careers.[1] In 1966, Durham College attempted to get accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Business Schools.[7] In 1970, the college was licensed by the North Carolina Board of Education.[1] In 1971, the name was changed to Durham College and the school was accredited for Business by the Association of Independent Colleges and Schools.[1] In 1972, the institution was accredited by the Southern Association as a candidate for regional accreditation and in 1973 it was re-licensed by the North Carolina Board of Education to award the degree Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in all of its two-year programs.[1] Also in 1973, Durham College received a $143,000 grant for a comprehensive development program for the College from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965.[3] On December 6, 1977, Muhammad Ali spoke at the opening of the new athletic facility that was named after him (Muhammad Ali Health and Physical Education Building).[8][9][10]
Closing[edit]
In June 1978, the planning committee of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to deny the school a license, however a restraining order was gotten to allow the school to continue doing business and granting degrees.[11] Durham College had its accreditation revoked in August 1979.[12] Classes were suspended in the Fall of 1979, but a funding drive in early 1980 attempted to raise $100,000 to reopen the campus.[13] In March 1980, foreclosure was threatened on the two dormitories on campus.[14] In October 1980, the Board of Trustees authorized the North Carolina Department of Archives to take custody of student records.[15]
Presidents[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Board of County Commissioners - Durham, North Carolina meeting June 22, 2009[permanent dead link]
- ^ 1960-1961 Educational Directory of North Carolina
- ^ a b c Baltimore Afro-American April 14, 1973
- ^ Baltimore Afro American - Apr 5, 1958
- ^ Baltimore Afro-American - Jul 15, 1961
- ^ 1966-1967 Educational Directory of North Carolina
- ^ Baltimore Afro-American March 19, 1966
- ^ Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina By Jean Bradley Anderson
- ^ The Afro American - Dec 3, 1977
- ^ Baltimore Afro-American - Dec 3, 1977
- ^ Wilmington Morning Star, July 21, 1979
- ^ Wilmington Morning Star - August 21, 1979
- ^ a b Baltimore Afro-American May 31, 1980
- ^ Wilmington Morning Star - March 5, 1980
- ^ Afro American - Oct 25, 1980
- ^ High Point Enterprise Newspaper Archive: October 28, 1974 - Page 12