Morris Brown College: Progressive and Creative Solutions Needed

Morris Brown won't/wouldn't allow financial take-over by Tom Joyner. Are they being obstinate, unrealistic about the possibility of "successful" forward movement, or are the board members et al. authorities simply misguided and incompetent (feel free to offer other options)? Is it fair to bring students into an academic environment that merely exists on the perennial verge of closure, no accreditation, and myopic administrators? My love for Morris Brown College is profound, but this must stop now! Conversations need to move in the direction of CAU, Spelman, and/or Morehouse absorbing the institution with the possibility of allowing Morris Brown to become a satellite institution of one of the others, or having Morris Brown become the honors college or business school campus for CAU, for example.

Even if all the present debts were forgiven, are we honestly believing this won't emerge yet again? Progressive leadership is required, and we must respect the deep history of Morris Brown and do justice to the institution's legacy. To be sure, rumors regarding a potential acquisition by GA State, real or imagined, should encourage all interested parties to be more creative about how this matter MUST be handled for the betterment of Morris Brown College.There is indeed a failure on the part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's part for not only establishing a stronger more competent infra-structure to sustain Morris Brown, but it appears that this problem exists with the majority of colleges/universities affiliated with the AME Church.To be sure, the AME Church is one of the jewels of African American life and culture, but the admission of its lack of competence regarding the administration of its institutions of higher education is not merely desirous, but mandatory. We must be more creative and progressive when it comes to developing a "viable" and LONG term solution to this long-standing problem.

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