who had earned a doctorate from the University of Jena in Germany; an achievement uncommon at that time among black academics. Joshua Jones was elected president of WU's executive board during his son's presidency, and the father and son team were the major leaders of the university into the early 1930s.
Jones made several attempts to continue the work towards NCACS accreditation that Gregg had begun, but the financial debt incurred from rebuilding Shorter Hall proved to be a major hurdle to the school. Several ill-fated fund raising attempts were made in the late 1920s, and the funds necessary to do the work to reach accreditation were never raised. In 1927 WU began an initiative to improve faculty competence. They gave sabbaticals to a group of faculty so that they could obtain master degrees in their areas of instruction, and other faculty were provided support in taking additional graduate training in the summers or through extension courses. Ultimately nine faculty earned master degrees that year, and forty-eight …
ACT Composite 25th %
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ACT Composite 50th %
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ACT Composite 75th %
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