New Morehouse College president takes office

David A. Thomas took the helm Monday as Morehouse College’s new president.

Here are five of his stated goals:

a major capital campaign to raise money for student scholarships, among other needs.
making Morehouse a premier institution for research on the black experience.
hire more faculty.
improve the college's facilities.
increase enrollment from the current 2,200 students to about 2,500 students.

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