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Jackson College was founded as the Manual Labor Academy at Spring Hill, Tennessee, in 1830. [1] [4] Its original enrollment was seven students. [4] As part of the curriculum each student was required to work two hours per day at a manual task. It was thought that this manual labor was beneficial to the student.
Jackson College is a public college in Jackson County, Michigan. Originally established as Jackson Junior College in 1928, Jackson County electors voted to reincorporate the institution as a community college district under the "Public Act 188 of 1955" in 1962. In 1964 voters approved a charter millage that continues to indefinitely fund the ...
The name has since been changed to express development: Jackson College for Negro Teachers (1944). After desegregation, Jackson State College (1967); with the addition of graduate programs and expanded curriculum, Jackson State University (1974). Many students at Jackson State College became active in the civil rights movement.
Union University is a private Baptist university in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention ). It is a union of several different schools: West Tennessee College, formerly known as Jackson Male Academy; Union ...
Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.; now known as Christian Methodist Episcopal Church) as the C.M.E. High School. It was named after Methodist Bishop Isaac Lane, who co-founded the school. Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the establishment was delayed by a yellow fever epidemic in ...
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It was primarily oriented toward preparing students to transfer to a four-year college, especially Florida A&M University. It opened with 47 students and five part-time faculty. Its peak enrollment, in 1964-1965, was 195 students, plus additional "adult education students" (249, in 1965-66) working toward a GED.
Sheldon Jackson College. / 57.05095°N 135.32372°W / 57.05095; -135.32372. Sheldon Jackson College ( SJC) was a small private college located on Baranof Island in Sitka, Alaska, United States. Founded in 1878, it was the oldest institution of higher learning in Alaska and maintained a historic relationship with the Presbyterian Church.