Will Texas' Paul Quinn become the first HBCU in California?

Dallas’ Paul Quinn College wants to be the first historically Black college in California.

President Michael Sorrell, who made the announcement as Paul Quinn celebrated its 150-year anniversary, said on Friday that the school is launching a committee that will explore the idea of expanding the college into the West Coast. California only has one such graduate school in Los Angeles, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

“The dream was always to create a network of urban work colleges,” Sorrell said. “That’s what we’re going to do … We will become a system, that’s absolutely where we’re headed.”

Officials are specifically considering a campus in Oakland, part of the Bay Area. The school will begin a feasibility study this summer, but officials have not yet finalized the members of the committee.

Loren Taylor, a city councilman in Oakland who is running for mayor, got to know the college while it was recruiting students in the area.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/04/01/will-texas-paul-quinn-become-the-first-hbcu-in-california/