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8. The three public HCBUs in Georgia are in trouble.

Atlanta is famous for Black Ivy League schools of Morehouse, Spelmen, and Clark Atlanta, but there are three public HCBUs: Fort Valley State U, Albany State U, and Savannah State U.

The chancellor of the university system of Georgia just announced he wants to merge Albany State with Darton State College (which was recently a 2-year school) which are both within the city limits of Albany, GA. After the merger, the new, larger Albany State will still be majority black, but not as much as once was (60% black post-merger).
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/regents-approve-albany-state-darton-state-merger-r/npKWb/

A lot of folks think that if that merger works, they will merge Savannah State with Armstrong State University (both within Savannah city limits). Armstrong was created as a 2-year school in 1935 for white students. Armstrong is now 25% black, but three times the size of Savannah State. There are a lot of state politicians who came out of Savannah State as students or educators, though.

Then there is Fort Valley and they have been losing students badly. They could be merged with Middle Georgia State University in Macon (a four campus institution born of a previous merger).

And then the three public HCBUs will be decimated.