Black Enterprise magazine names Morehouse best college for blacks
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Posted 4:19PM on Tuesday, December 17, 2002
ATLANTA - The publisher of Black Enterprise magazine says many historically black colleges are not receiving enough support from the black community. <br>
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But publisher Earl Graves praised Morehouse College in Atlanta -- the alma mater of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior and filmmaker Spike Lee -- as the top school in the magazine's poll of the ``50 Best Colleges for African-Americans.'' <br>
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The survey ranked the best academic and social environments for black students. <br>
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The magazine listed other Georgia schools as good places for black students: Atlanta's Spellman College, a women's college, was listed third-best; Clark Atlanta University placed 10th and Emory University was ranked 17th. <br>
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Graves says other historically black schools are suffering from ``inadequate budgets, antiquated and underfinanced facilities and high staff turnover.'' <br>
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Several of the schools have faced the loss of their accreditation, such as Morris Brown College in Atlanta. A dozen other black schools have closed in the last quarter-century, Graves said.