A commitment to neighbors
The consortium's stated goals include collaboration among its campuses, residents, and other stakeholders, and using its resources to benefit the neighboring community.
Read the consortium's goalsExplore ยท Neighbors
Atlanta University Center.
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) campuses sit just outside the association's boundary, but they are close neighbors. Their students, faculty, and staff live in, work in, and travel through Vine City.
The consortium
Member institutions
The Atlanta University Center Consortium describes itself as the world's oldest and largest association of historically Black colleges and universities.
Clark Atlanta University
Official websiteMorehouse College
Official websiteMorehouse School of Medicine
Official websiteSpelman College
Official websiteRobert W. Woodruff Library
The shared academic library for all four member institutions.
Library website
Shared history
Ties to Vine City
Spelman faculty on Sunset Avenue
Maynard Jackson's restored childhood home, next to the King family home, now houses Spelman College faculty and staff. His mother, Irene Jackson, once taught at Spelman.
Read the Sunset Avenue storyThe association lists these institutions as neighbors. It does not speak for them or imply a formal partnership.