ACCREDITATION

Fisk University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Science (AS), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.), Master of Science (M.S.), and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees. Fisk became the first African American institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1930. It was also the first such institution to be placed on the approved lists of the Association of American Universities (1933) and the American Association of University Women (1948).

Libraryandinformationservices

The Fisk University John Hope and Aurelia E Franklin Library is the academic hub of the university, working to support the academic programs by providing books, electronic resources, and other materials The present building was completed in 1969 and opened in January 1970 It houses over 240,000 volumes Special Collections is a major national resource for the study of the African American experience The Special Collections and Archives of the John Hope and Aurelia E Franklin Library at Fisk University contains some of the oldest and most definitive collections of African American history and culture Since the establishment of the University in 1866, it has been the library’s tradition to acquire materials by and about African Americans and people of the African Diaspora.