College History Garden

Jeannie Putnam reported for the Greenville (SC) Journal on June 29, 2021 that Converse College in Spartanburg, SC become Converse Universit...

Voorhees College announces that the institution will change its name  to Voorhees University  next April 2022 during its 125th Anniversary ...

C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections created a fascinating timeline, " A Window Into The Breach ," looking at racism and the i...

The Charleston Chronicle published " New College of Charleston History Website Discovers Hidden Stories " with details of an in...

The Charleston Chronicle posted, " College of Charleston Prepares to Celebrate 250th Anniversary in 2020 ," with a summary of a...

Francis Marion University is beginning a year long celebration of its founding in 1970. FMU can trace its history a few years earlier t...

Claflin University is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1869. Dr. Henry N. Tisdale, Claflin president, unveiled an an...

WBTW-TV, " Coker College has a new name ," and WPDE-TV, " Coker College Board of Trustees approves name change, school to o...

The Education Corporation of America headquarter in Birmingham, AL  announced today that it will close more than 75 sites  that enroll rou...

The Limestone College Board of Trustees approved plans that include a name change to Limestone University in 2020 .  The moves were adopt...

The Post and Courier  of Charleston, SC published several interesting historical sketches of The Citadel corresponding with the 175th ann...

Several institutions that were located for a time on the property of the Robert Mills House in Columbia, South Carolina are featured in an...

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright will be honored with the unveiling of a historical marker April 3, 2016 in her hometown of Talbotten, Georgia.  W...

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education in the ...

This table below includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating inform...

The Episcopal News Service posted an interesting article by Sharon Sheridan on February 28, 2014 that explores the challenges of historic...

There is a certain ebb and flow in the number of articles calling for significant changes or highlighting the financial stress of small co...

Michael David Cohen comments on the Civil War and the impact on colleges for the New York Times .  South Carolina College (Columbia, SC)...

A web site has been created to honor the memory of Friendship College in Rock Hill, South Carolina.  The institution was founded in 1891 ...

The Historic Columbia Foundation in South Carolina maintains the Hampton-Preston mansion and gardens.  The estate housed several instituti...