Colleges closing

[J Cullen]

I am suspicious of this list. I know Huston-Tillotson in Austin is not
closing and neither is Texas Southern University, which is a state
university. I hadn't heard of the others closing, either. Many of them
probably are in bad financial shape, however.

-- Jim Cullen

   Austin, Texas


>A friend sent this list of 14 Black Colleges that are
>closing due to financial problems:
>
>    Allen Univ.(Columbia, SC)
>
>    Arkansas Baptist College(Little Rock, AK)
>
>    Barber-Scotia College(Concord, NC)
>
>    Central State Univ.(Wilberforce, OH)
>
>    Houston-Tillotson College(Austin, TX)
>
>    Jarvis Christian College(Hawkins, TX)
>
>    Lane College (Jackson, TN)
>
>    Mary Holmes College(West Point, MS)
>
>    Miles College(Birmingham, AL)
>
>    Paul Quinn College(Dallas, TX)
>
>    Southwestern Christian College(Terrell, TX)
>
>    Texas College(Tyler, TX)
>
>    Texas Southern Univ.(Houston, TX)
>
>    Wiley College(Marshall, TX)
>
>
>Seven of these colleges are in Texas -  Dubya's state where
>he is yapping about how much he's done for minorities, well
>hispanics anyway.   Yesterday, there was a report on the
>local Pacifica station about Latinos going Republican.  Go
>figure.
>
>Marta

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