Shorter College

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Shorter College is a Christian liberal arts college, located in Rome, Georgia. The college was founded in 1873 as a women's college, the Cherokee Baptist Female College. It was renamed in 1877 to Shorter Female College because of the financial contributions of Alfred and Martha Shorter. In the 1950s, the college became co-educational.

Shorter College has been linked to the Georgia Baptist Convention since 1959. In 2005, the college attempted to break away from the convention. The Georgia Supreme Court, however, ruled that Shorter's board didn't have the authority to sever ties with the convention. The Georgia Baptist Convention continues to pick trustees for the college.

Consistently ranked among the South's best comprehensive colleges, Shorter offers bachelor's degrees in more than 30 major areas. Master's level and adult-degree programs are offered on the main campus in Rome as well as on campuses in North Atlanta, Lawrenceville and Riverdale, Georgia.

In 2005, the college enrolled approximately 1,000 students in its traditional programs with an additional 1,500 individuals enrolled in its professional studies programs.

[edit] External links

• Official College Web Site

Women's colleges that became coeducational

Beaver College • H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College • Washington College of Law • Chowan College • Carlow University • Florida State University • Shorter College • LaGrange College • Andrew College • University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Ohio Dominican University • James Madison University • Georgia College & State University • Bennington College • Connecticut College • Elmira College • Sarah Lawrence College • Silver Lake College • Vassar College • Hunter College • University of Mary Washington • Viterbo University • Drexel University College of Medicine • Radford University • Texas Woman's University • Trocaire College • Longwood University • Cazenovia College • Mississippi University for Women • Albertus Magnus College • Goucher College • Lake Erie College • Tift College • Wheaton College • University of Saint Mary • Emmanuel College • Notre Dame College • Hood College • Seton Hill University • Chestnut Hill College • Hartford College for Women • Immaculata University • Lesley College • Wells College • Randolph College • Regis College

Georgia private colleges and universities

Agnes Scott College • American Intercontinental University • Andrew College • Argosy University • Art Institute of Atlanta • Atlanta Christian College • Atlanta College of Art • Bauder College • Berry College • Brenau University • Brewton-Parker College • Clark Atlanta University • Columbia Theological Seminary • Covenant College • Emmanuel College • Emory University • Georgia Military College • Interdenominational Theological Center • LaGrange College • Life University • Mercer University • Morehouse College • Morehouse School of Medicine • Morris Brown College • Oglethorpe University • Oxford College of Emory University • Paine College • Piedmont College • Reinhardt College • Savannah College of Art and Design • Shorter College • South University • Spelman College • Thomas University • Toccoa Falls College • Truett-McConnell College • Wesleyan College • Westwood College • Young Harris College