January 17, 2003

Endangered Institutions

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

Morris Brown's plight reflects the financial troubles of small, poorly financed black colleges

Within blocks of each other just west of downtown Atlanta, a cluster of six black colleges offers a stark view of the dichotomy that exists among the nation's historically black institutions.

Spelman College, which is the wealthiest of the group known as the Atlanta University Center, has a $229-million endowment. A new $34-million science center is a testament to the college's

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