Durham College (also known as Durham Business College and previously as McCauley Business SchoolBoard of County Commissioners - Durham, North Carolina meeting June 22, 2009 and Durham Business School1960-1961 Educational Directory of North Carolina) was a junior college in Durham, North Carolina. It was opened 1947 and closed in 1980.
Degrees Degrees included: Executive Secretarial; Legal Secretarial; Business Administration; Automation Secretarial; Accounting; Medical Secretarial; Management and Computer Programming; Pollution Control Administration; Environmental Science Technology; Laboratory Technicians; Court Reporting.
Locations Originally in a five-room house on what is currently South Roxboro St. 1958, 2635 Fayetteville Rd.Baltimore Afro American - Apr 5, 1958 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.Baltimore Afro-American - Jul 15, 1961 1966, 3128 Fayetteville Street.1966-1967 Educational Directory of North Carolina
History The school was founded by Dr. Lucinda McCauley Harris as "McCauley Business School" in 1946 for the purpose of training negros for business careers. In 1966, Durham College attempted to get accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Business Schools.Baltimore Afro-American March 19, 1966 In 1970, the college was licensed by the North Carolina Board of Education. In 1971, the name was changed to Durham College and the school was accredited for Business by the Association of Independent Colleges and Schools. 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. 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.Baltimore Afro-American April 14, 1973 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).Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina By Jean Bradley AndersonThe Afro American - Dec 3, 1977Baltimore Afro-American - Dec 3, 1977
Closing
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.Wilmington Morning Star, July 21, 1979 Durham College had its accreditation revoked in August 1979.Wilmington Morning Star - August 21, 1979 Classes were suspended in the Fall of 1979, but a funding drive in early 1980 attempted to raise $100,000 to reopen the campus.Baltimore Afro-American May 31, 1980 In March 1980, foreclosure was threatened on the two dormitories on campus.Wilmington Morning Star - March 5, 1980 In October 1980, the Board of Trustees authorized the North Carolina Department of Archives to take custody of student records.Afro American - Oct 25, 1980
Presidents
Dr. Lucinda McCauley Harris (1947–1974)High Point Enterprise Newspaper Archive: October 28, 1974 - Page 12 Dr. James W. Hill (1974–1980)
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