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College</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shorter_University,_Argenta,_Arkansas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg/220px-Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg/330px-Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg/440px-Shorter_University%2C_Argenta%2C_Arkansas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1686" data-file-height="894" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The school c. 1910</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Bethel University <span style="font-size:85%;">(1886–1888)</span><br />Bethel Institute <span style="font-size:85%;">(1888–1892)</span><br />Shorter University <span style="font-size:85%;">(1892–1903)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><div lang="Latin">"Cogito Ergo Sum"<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">"I think, therefore I am"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Private college">Private</a> <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black</a> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal arts">liberal arts</a> <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1886<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1886</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation" title="Higher education accreditation">Accreditation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Transnational_Association_of_Christian_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools">TRACS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data">O. Jerome Green, Esq.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/North_Little_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="North Little Rock">North Little Rock</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Dark blue, light blue and gold<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0036A2; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#005AFF; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EAD231; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bulldogs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shortercollege.edu">www<wbr />.shortercollege<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shorter College</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Private college">private</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal arts">liberal arts</a> <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="North Little Rock, Arkansas">North Little Rock, Arkansas</a>. It is the only private historically black junior college in the United States. Shorter College was founded in 1886 as Bethel University by the Twelfth Episcopal District of the <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church</a>. The college is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Transnational_Association_of_Christian_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools">Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools</a> and offers associate degrees through its six programs.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nces_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nces-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-programs_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-programs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shorter College began as a means to increase literacy among Arkansas's African-American population and foster their <a href="/wiki/Civic_engagement" title="Civic engagement">civic engagement</a> by offering them access to education and spiritual direction once the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery</a> had ended. In 1885, under presiding <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Marcus_Decatur_Ward" title="Thomas Marcus Decatur Ward"> Bishop T. M. D Ward</a>, the A.M.E. Church approved the establishment of a joint commission on church schools during its annual conference in Arkansas. In May 1886, five commissioners from regional state conferences were appointed to found the college as Bethel University, which would fall under the jurisdiction of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Little Rock. Classes commenced in September 1886 in the basement of the church with 109 students enrolled. The school's first-elected principal and assistant teacher were A.D. Delaney and Mary Jane Murphy, respectively. Initial course offerings included teacher training.<sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hill_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-williams_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1888, the school was renamed Bethel Institute. In September 1891, classes recommenced at the school's new location in Arkadelphia, which was purchased with a $3,000 <a href="/wiki/Pledge_fund" title="Pledge fund">pledge fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hill_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1892, it was renamed Shorter University to honor Bishop James Alexander Shorter, who is credited with establishing Arkansas as nationally recognized <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">southern</a> hub for the A.M.E. Church.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The college received a <a href="/wiki/University_charter" title="University charter">charter</a> two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1895 and 1898, the school operated campuses in Arkadelphia and North Little Rock (formerly Argenta).<sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its North Little Rock campus began in Bethel Church and had transitioned to its own property in the city by 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-spencer_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1903, the two campuses were merged at the 604 Locust Street location in North Little Rock, and the school was renamed Shorter College.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spencer_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shorter College was offering courses from grades three through college by 1917, and was North Little Rock's only high school for black students until 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time, the college operated as a four-year institution until 1955, when it reverted back to its status as a two-year institution due to financial constraints.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981, Shorter College attained full accreditation, which was required to establish transfer agreements with four-year institutions in Arkansas. The agreements would allow students to transfer their Shorter College credits to a four-year institution after earning an associate degree at Shorter College.<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a period of decline caused by internal political division and debt throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Shorter College lost accreditation and federal funding in 1998. By 2000, after enrollment had significantly decreased and its buildings were shuttered, Shorter College had entered into an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas_at_Pine_Bluff" title="University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff">University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff</a> that offered accredited courses to Shorter College students. By 2011, after years of fundraising and debt cancellations, Shorter College reopened its facilities and earned accreditation candidacy through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the college attained full accreditation.<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nces_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nces-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shorter College is located at 604 Locust Street in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and covers three and one-half square blocks. The campus houses Sherman-Tyree Hall, the F.C. James Human Resources Center, S. S. Morris Student Center, Henry A. Belin Health-Plex, Alexander-Turner Child Development Center, Health and Wellness Center and A.W. Young Library.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tyree Hall was the first permanent building on campus. Completed in 1903, it was a three-story brick structure for classrooms, offices, a library, and boys’ dormitories. After undergoing a full demolition in 1957, the rebuilt two-story facility was dedicated as Sherman-Tyree Hall in 1961. It currently serves as the main administrative and instructional facility for Shorter College.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The F.C. James Human Resources Center took two years to build and was completed in 1979. It was named after Bishop Frederick C. James, a civil rights leader and one of the people credited with achieving initial accreditation for Shorter College.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes a 148-seat auditorium that was fully-renovated in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-reporter2014_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reporter2014-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A weekly College Assembly/Chapel service has been held in the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The S.S. Morris Student Center was fully constructed in 1974 and underwent renovations in 2014. It was designed to be the hub of student activity and houses a banquet hall, kitchen, student lounge and activity spaces and the Division of Student Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-reporter2014_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reporter2014-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2015president_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015president-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Henry A. Belin Health-Plex is home to the college's gymnasium, which was completed in 1992. The health-plex serves as the venue for <a href="/wiki/Physical_education" title="Physical education">physical education</a> classes and sports, career fair and <a href="/wiki/Graduation" title="Graduation">commencement</a> events. A weekly College Assembly/Chapel service has been also been held at the health-plex.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Alexander-Turner Child Development Center offers <a href="/wiki/Child_care" title="Child care">child care</a> services to college students and the greater Shorter College community. Completed in 1995, the facility partnered with <a href="/wiki/Head_Start_(program)" title="Head Start (program)">Headstart</a> to attain funding for facility renovations. The center contains observation rooms for Child Development students.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2015president_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015president-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Health and Wellness Center offers health screening and health information to the Shorter College community. The building was donated to the school in 2014 and renovated the following year. <sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Shorter College purchased property near the Health and Wellness Center and partnered with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission to open the property as a free medical clinic for the greater Shorter College community.<sup id="cite_ref-2015president_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015president-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The A.W. Young Library is a 6,818 square foot (633.4 m<sup>2</sup>) facility that contains a classroom, student seating and computer area, office space and 3,215 square feet (298.7 m<sup>2</sup>) of bookstacks.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration_and_organization">Administration and organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration and organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shorter College's parent organization is the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. The college is organized under a board of trustees, with the presiding bishop of the Twelfth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church as chairman. The majority of the board members, who are <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">clergy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">lay</a> members, are elected through the four annual Arkansas A.M.E. Church conferences. The president of Shorter College is an <a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex-officio</a> member who reports to the board through the Twelfth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shorter College offers six degree programs: Child Development, Christian Leadership, Criminal Justice, General Studies, Entrepreneurial Studies and Computer Science.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-programs_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-programs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A typical academic year contains two 15-week terms during the fall (August–December) and spring (January–April). There are two accelerated four-week summer sessions that run from May to June and June to July. An academic year begins on the first day of the fall term and ends on the last day of the second summer term.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics_and_programs">Academics and programs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Academics and programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shorter College has an open admissions policy.<sup id="cite_ref-nces_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nces-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-townsend_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-townsend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The college offers <a href="/wiki/Early_entrance_to_college" title="Early entrance to college">early entry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dual_enrollment" title="Dual enrollment">dual enrollment</a> programs to local high school students.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2016, Shorter College has participated in the Second Chance Pell program, an initiative that offers <a href="/wiki/Pell_Grant" title="Pell Grant">Pell Grants</a> to students who are incarcerated.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_body">Student body</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Student body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of fall 2020, Shorter College's student body consists of 223 students. There are 89 percent full time and 11 percent part time students.<sup id="cite_ref-nces_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nces-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;" class="wikitable"> <caption>Demographics of student body in fall 2020<sup id="cite_ref-nces_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nces-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Full and Part Time Students</th> <th>U.S. Census<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>International </th> <td>0%</td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">Multiracial American</a> </th> <td>0%</td> <td>2.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black/African American</a> </th> <td>85%</td> <td>13.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_and_Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="American Indian and Alaska Native">American Indian and Alaska Native</a> </th> <td>0%</td> <td>1.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Asian_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian People">Asian</a> </th> <td>0%</td> <td>5.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">Non-Hispanic White American</a> </th> <td>13%</td> <td>60.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic and Latino American">Hispanic/Latino American</a> </th> <td>1%</td> <td>18.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander" title="Pacific Islander">Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>0%</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other/Unknown </th> <td>0%</td> <td>N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organizations">Organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following student groups operate at Shorter College: Black Male Initiative, Health and Wellness Club, National Association of Black Men United, <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Lambda" class="mw-redirect" title="Phi Beta Lambda">Phi Beta Lambda</a> and Student Government Association.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Principals/Presidents"><span id="Principals.2FPresidents"></span>Principals/Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Principals/Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Everyone listed prior to 1893 served as a principal only.<sup id="cite_ref-20-21catalog_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20-21catalog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spencer_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julian_T._Bailey" title="Julian T. Bailey">Julian T. Bailey</a>, 1886-1887<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Professor A. D. Delaney, 1887–1890</li> <li>Professor John R. Rector, 1890–1890<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Professor S. T. Boyd, 1891–1893</li> <li>B. W. Arnett Jr., 1893–1894</li> <li>T. H. Jackson, 1895–1897</li> <li>F. T. Vinegar, 1897–1898</li> <li>J. A. McGivary Jones, 1898–1900</li> <li>T. H. Jackson, 1900–1904</li> <li>P. W. Walls, 1904–1904<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rev. A. H. Hill, 1904–1912</li> <li>Rev. O. L. Moody, 1912–1914</li> <li>William Byrd, 1914–1917</li> <li>Rev. J. N. Campbell, 1917–1919</li> <li>Rev. S. L. Green, 1919–?</li> <li>Theophilus D. Alexander</li> <li>A. O. Wilson, 1958–1960</li> <li>H. Solomon Hill, 1960–1968</li> <li>Lonnie L. Johnson, 1970–1971</li> <li>Oley L. Griffin, 1972–1977</li> <li>R.J. Hampton, 1977–1980</li> <li>John L. Phillips Sr., 1980–1987</li> <li>H. Benjamin Williams, 1987–1988</li> <li>W. Dean Goldsby, 1988–1989</li> <li>Katherine P. Mitchell, 1989–1997</li> <li>Irma Hunter Brown, 1998–2001</li> <li>Cora D. McHenry, 2002–?</li> <li>Lillie Alexis</li> <li>Katherine P. Mitchell, ?–2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(activist)" title="Daisy Bates (activist)">Daisy Bates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> activist, newspaper publisher, mentor of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine" title="Little Rock Nine">Little Rock Nine</a><sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irma_Hunter_Brown" title="Irma Hunter Brown">Irma Hunter Brown</a>, former president of Shorter College, first African-American female legislator in Arkansas<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Cone" title="James H. Cone">James H. Cone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a>, founder <a href="/wiki/Black_theology" title="Black theology">black liberation theology</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hill_(musician)" title="Alex Hill (musician)">Alex Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> pianist and music arranger<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scipio_Africanus_Jones" title="Scipio Africanus Jones">Scipio Africanus Jones</a>, educator, defense attorney for the <a href="/wiki/Elaine_massacre" title="Elaine massacre">Elaine Twelve</a> in Arkansas, politician<sup id="cite_ref-EOA_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Melvin_Porter" title="E. Melvin Porter">E. Melvin Porter</a>, civil rights leader, first African-American Senator of Oklahoma<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanton_(Indiana_politician)" title="Robert Stanton (Indiana politician)">Robert Stanton</a>, dentist and state politician, one of the first two African-Americans elected to the Indiana lower house in the 20th century<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Trent" title="Alphonse Trent">Alphonse Trent</a>, jazz pianist and <a href="/wiki/Territory_band" title="Territory band">territory band</a> leader<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moeed_Yusuf" title="Moeed Yusuf">Moeed Yusuf</a>, Pakistan's former <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(Pakistan)" title="National Security Advisor (Pakistan)">National Security Advisor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College_(Arkansas)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">People who identify as Hispanic/Latino are included in applicable race categories.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rector resigned after three days to become a government clerk. Assistant Mary Jane Murphy served as the interim principal.<sup id="cite_ref-spencer_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spencer-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walls resigned.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stanton was elected as Democratic Party candidate in 1932 and 1934. 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