Arkansas Baptist College

Arkansas Baptist College
	Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College
Former names	Minister's Institute (1884)
Type	Private historically black college
Established	1884
Religious affiliation	Baptist
President	Calvin J. McFadden, Sr.
Students	525
Location	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States; 34°44′6″N 92°17′26″W / 34.73500°N 92.29056°W
Colors	Purple & White;
Nickname	Buffaloes
Sporting affiliations	NAIA – Continental
Mascot	Buffalo
Website	www.arkansasbaptist.edu
	Old Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893
Part of	Central High School Neighborhood Historic District (ID96000892)
NRHP reference No.	76000457
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 30, 1976
Designated CP	August 16, 1996

Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) is a private Baptist-affiliated historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only historically black Baptist school west of the Mississippi River. The Main Building on its campus, built in 1893, is one of the oldest surviving academic buildings in the state,^[3] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Accreditation

Arkansas Baptist College was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission in 1987. In February 2014, the Commission placed the college on notice that it was at risk for being out of compliance with the commission's criteria for accreditation. In August 2015, the commission gave the college a "Show-Cause" order to present a case that its accreditation should not be withdrawn. The order was withdrawn in November 2016.^[4] The commission placed the college on probation in 2019 for failing to meet the accreditation criterion that requires the institution to have adequate resources.^[5]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Arkansas Baptist College include:

William T. Dixon, preacher
Harry Kenyon, baseball player
Michael Dyer, football player
E. Alice Taylor, activist
Louis Jordan, musician
James Charles Lewis, III (Lil' JJ), entertainer
Lorenzo P. Lewis, Mental Health Advocate

Athletics

The Arkansas Baptist athletic teams are called the Buffaloes. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing as an NAIA Independent within the Continental Athletic Conference since the 2021–22 academic year.

Prior to joining the NAIA, the Buffaloes were a member of the Bi-State Conference (Bi-State) within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) until after the 2020–21 school year.

Arkansas Baptist competes in ten intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and track & field.

References

^ "College Navigator - Arkansas Baptist College". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^ "National Register Information System – (#76000457)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
^ "Statement of Accreditation Status as of April 11, 2017". Higher Learning Commission. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
^ "Public Disclosure: Arkansas Baptist College status changed from "Accredited" to "Accredited – On Probation"" (PDF). Higher Learning Commission. February 28, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.

External links

[1] "College Navigator - Arkansas Baptist College". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System – (#76000457)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for Main Building, Arkansas Baptist College". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

[4] "Statement of Accreditation Status as of April 11, 2017". Higher Learning Commission. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

[5] "Public Disclosure: Arkansas Baptist College status changed from "Accredited" to "Accredited – On Probation"" (PDF). Higher Learning Commission. February 28, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.

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