Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated.
Berea's First Century, 1855–1955.
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Although the school's first articles of incorporation were adopted in 1859, founder John Gregg Fee and the teachers were forced out of the area by pro-slavery supporters in that same year. Fee spent the Civil War years raising funds for the school, trying to provide for his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and working at Camp Nelson.
He helped get funds for barracks, a hospital, school and church. In 1866, Berea's first full year after the war, it had 187 students, 96 African American and 91 white.
In 1869, the first college students were admitted, and the first bachelor's degrees were awarded in 1873.
In 1869, the first college students were admitted, and the first bachelor's degrees were awarded in 1873.
Berea was the main exception until a new state law in 1904 forced its segregation. The college challenged the law in state court and further appealed to the U.S.
In 1950, when the law was amended to allow integration of schools at the college level, Berea promptly resumed its integrated policies. In 1925 famed advertiser Bruce Barton, a future congressman, sent a letter to 24 wealthy men in America to raise funds for the college.
In 1950, when the law was amended to allow integration of schools at the college level, Berea promptly resumed its integrated policies. In 1925 famed advertiser Bruce Barton, a future congressman, sent a letter to 24 wealthy men in America to raise funds for the college.
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1955. Wilson, Shannon H.
During World War II, Berea was one of 131 colleges nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a navy commission. Up until the 1960s, Berea provided pre-college education in addition to college level curriculum.
Colvard – former president of Mississippi State University, notable for his role in a 1963 controversy surrounding the participation of the university's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament William H.
In 1968, the elementary and secondary schools (Foundation School) were discontinued in favor of focusing on undergraduate college education. ===Presidents=== (as of 2020) ==Academics== The college provides significant funding to assist students in studying abroad.
A solid investment strategy increased the endowment from $150 million in 1985 to its current amount. As a work college, Berea has a student work program in which all students work 10 or more hours per week on campus.
Included are the papers of the Council of the Southern Mountains (1912–1989) and the Appalachian Volunteers (1963–1970). ==Student life== Since 2002, all students at Berea receive laptops that they take with them when they graduate.
Kern Eutsler – bishop in the United Methodist Church. John Fenn – recipient of 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea College charges no tuition; every admitted student is provided the equivalent of a four-year, full-tuition scholarship (currently stated to be worth over $150,000; $39,400 per year for 2018-2019).
The endowment was $1.192 billion as of June 30, 2018.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance places Berea 35th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States. ===Scholarships and work program=== Berea College provides all students with full-tuition scholarships and many receive support for room and board as well.
Berea College has helped make the town a center for quality arts and crafts. Students were, as of 2019, paid an hourly wage from $5.60 to $8.60 by the college, based on the WLS ("Work, Learning, and Service") level attached to individual labor positions.
In 1968, the elementary and secondary schools (Foundation School) were discontinued in favor of focusing on undergraduate college education. ===Presidents=== (as of 2020) ==Academics== The college provides significant funding to assist students in studying abroad.
A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required in all majors in order to graduate with a bachelor's degree. ===Rankings=== In 2020, Washington Monthly ranked Berea College 3rd in the U.S.
The 2021 annual ranking of U.S.
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