its 9 member board. The AME Church could appoint the other four members, but that meant it had a minority vote on the board.
The newly formed state partnership with WU created complications for administration and questions about the mission of the college. In the near term it brought tens of thousands of dollars annually in state aid to the campus. Each state legislator could award an annual scholarship to the CNI department at Wilberforce, enabling hundreds of African-American students to attend classes. The state-funded students could complete liberal arts at the college, and students at Wilberforce could also take "industrial" classes. The AME church and the theology department at WU were concerned about the implications of government influence within the school, and recommended that a clearly separated seminary be established that was independent from WU. WU's board of trustees accepted this recommendation, and a move was made to establish Payne Theological Seminary (PTS). The seminary began teaching students …
ACT Composite 25th %
15
ACT Composite 50th %
18
ACT Composite 75th %
21
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