more low-income students, advance research and teaching efforts, improve infrastructure and technology on campus, and to establish more endowment chairs and professorships.
== Presidents ==
Clark Atlanta University's current president is George T. French Jr., who started in 2019. He was preceded by Lucille H. Maugé, as acting president.
== Campus ==
Clark Atlanta University's main campus houses 37 buildings, including an art museum, on 126 acres (0.5 km2) and is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southwest of Downtown Atlanta.
=== North Hall (now Gaines Hall) ===
Atlanta University began on West Mitchell, about a mile from downtown Atlanta. Built in 1869 by architect William H. Parkins, North Hall, now Gaines Hall, was the first female dormitory on the campus of a co-ed school in the US. North Hall was Atlanta University's first purpose-built building. A year later, South Hall opened for boys. Wings were added to each in 1871 and 1880. In 1882, Stone Hall opened as the main building, containing the chapel, lecture halls, …
