MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

private, historically black, liberal arts college for men in Atlanta, Ga., U.S. It offers bachelor's degree programs in business, education, humanities, and physical and natural sciences. Interdisciplinary majors are also available, as are study abroad programs in Africa and Europe, joint engineering programs in cooperation with Georgia Institute of Technology and Boston and Auburn universities, and a joint architecture program with the University of Michigan. The American Institute for Managing Diversity and Morehouse Research Institute are Morehouse College facilities. Total enrollment is approximately 3,000 students. The Augusta Institute was founded in 1867 in Augusta, Ga., and moved to Atlanta in 1879, becoming Atlanta Baptist Seminary. When it became Atlanta Baptist College in 1897, much of its curriculum resembled that of a high school. After the noted educator John Hope became president in 1906, the curriculum expanded, and the school became Morehouse College. In 1929, Atlanta University and Morehouse and Spelman colleges agreed to share resources. The agreement led to the formation of Atlanta University Center, in which six institutions of higher learning exchange faculty, students, facilities, and curricula. Morehouse School of Medicine was founded as part of the college in 1978 and became independent three years later. Morehouse's most noted alumnus was Martin Luther King, Jr.