Durham College (also known as Durham Business College and previously as McCauley Business SchoolBoard of County Commissioners - Durham, North Carolina meeting June 22, 2009
/ref> and Durham Business School) was a

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. 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. *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. *1966, 3128 Fayetteville Street.

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. In 1970, the college was licensed by the

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. 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

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as a candidate for regional accreditation and in 1973 it was re-licensed by the North Carolina Board of Education to award the degree

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(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

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, under Title III of the

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.Baltimore Afro-American April 14, 1973
/ref> On December 6, 1977,

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spoke at the opening of the new athletic facility that was named after him (Muhammad Ali Health and Physical Education Building).

Closing

In June 1978, the planning committee of the

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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. Durham College had its accreditation revoked in August 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
/ref> In March 1980, foreclosure was threatened on the two dormitories on campus. In October 1980, the Board of Trustees authorized the North Carolina Department of Archives to take custody of student records.

Presidents

*Dr. Lucinda McCauley Harris (1947-1974)High Point Enterprise Newspaper Archive: October 28, 1974 - Page 12
/ref> *Dr. James W. Hill (1974-1980)

References

{{authority control Defunct private universities and colleges in North Carolina Universities and colleges established in 1947 Educational institutions disestablished in 1980 Historically black universities and colleges in North Carolina 1947 establishments in North Carolina 1980 disestablishments in North Carolina