Bennett College

Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text VIP to 71007 to join! After raising nearly $9 million dollars to remain in good standing with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College, Bennett College found a temporary reprieve on Friday, hours after it […]

Updated 2.4.19 11:00 p.m.  Bennett College will remain open after raising $8.2 million in an effort to keep the historic women’s college, open since 1873, reports NBCnews.com:  Alumnae, like Shawn Hall ’93, joined a committee called Change and Progress for Bennett, which she described as a “brain trust” in an earlier interview with NBC News. “We […]

Bennett College is in danger of losing their accreditation or going through a two year process of a lawsuit. To keep their accreditation and avoid a lawsuit they need to raise $5 million by February 1. Bennett’s story and situation were brought to the attention of the CEO of Papa John’s, Steve Ritchie and he […]

Bennett College is one of two colleges in the United States that is specifically dedicated to educating Black women. They need to raise several million dollars in a matter of weeks, or they may loose their accreditation. Losing accreditation means that their students will no longer be able to receive government assistance or graduate with […]

In a controversial piece entitled, “Dear Bennett College: Just end it with Morehouse already,” Aziza Jackson, a graduate of Bennett College in North Carolina, writes…