Bennett College has filed a lawsuit against the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges after the loss of its appeal to save its accreditation. The school will remain accredited during legal proceedings.
The Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel erupted in cheers as President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins announced Monday that Bennett College had raised $8.2 million.
On the last day of fundraising to save its accreditation, Bennett College received a major gift from a neighboring school.
On Saturday, political activist Rev. William Barber participated in a conversation at Bennett College with his daughter, Dr. Sharrelle Barber, who graduated from the school in 2007.
Bennett College in Greensboro has received $1 million in less than 24 hours, thanks to two large gifts.
A deadline is quickly approaching for a historically black women's college in Greensboro to secure its future.
Officials at a historically black private women's college in North Carolina say they have received more than $1 million in donations as they try to stave off closure.
Bennett College in Greensboro is in danger of losing its accreditation. The private women's school has been on probation for the last two years.
The former president of a Greensboro women's college received an honor for her service Sunday. A new building on the campus of Bennett College now bears Johnnetta Cole's name.
Bennett College in Greensboro officially has a new leader. Dr.