Education in Fayetteville, North Carolina - Fayetteville State University, Cumberland County Schools, Methodist University (Paperback)

Chapters: Fayetteville State University, Cumberland County Schools, Methodist University, Massey Hill Classical High School, Westover High School (Fayetteville, North Carolina), Elizabeth M. Cashwell Elementary School, Fayetteville Technical Community College. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fayetteville State University is a historically black, regional university located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. FSU is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. The primary mission of Fayetteville State University is to provide quality education to its students through a basic liberal-arts foundation, specialized professional training, and specific graduate programs. The university offers Bachelors degrees in 43 areas, Master's degrees in 22 areas, and one doctoral degree in educational leadership. The university is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1867, seven African-American men - Matthew N. Leary, Andrew J. Chesnutt, Robert Simmons, George Grainger, Thomas Lomax, Nelson Carter, and David A. Bryant - paid $136 for two lots on Gillespie Street and converted themselves into a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to maintain this property permanently as a site for the education of black children in Fayetteville. General O. Howard of the Freedman's Bureau, one of the best-known friends of black education, erected a building on this site, and the institution became known as the Howard School. By a legislative act of 1877, the North Carolina General Assembly provided for the establishment of a Normal School for the education of black teachers. The Howard School was chosen as the most promising because of its successful record d...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=52421