Lane College

Lane College is a four-year, historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Jackson, Tennessee, just northeast of the downtown area. It is primarily a liberal arts institution.

History
Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in America as the “C.M.E. High School” and named after Methodist Bishop Isaac Lane who co-founded the school. Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the school's establishment was delayed by a yellow fever epidemic in the region in 1878. Its primary purpose was the education of newly freed slaves, and the original curriculum focused on the preparation of "teachers and preachers."

Academics
Lane College has from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's degrees. Its academic divisions and programs are:

Business and Social & Behavioral Science

 * Majors
 * Business
 * Criminal Justice
 * History
 * Sociology
 * Minors
 * Accounting
 * Business
 * Criminal Justice
 * Finance
 * Government
 * History
 * Marketing
 * Sociology

Liberal Studies and Education

 * Majors
 * English
 * French
 * Interdisciplinary Studies
 * Mass Communication
 * Music
 * Physical Education
 * Religion
 * Minors
 * Art-English
 * French
 * Mass Communications
 * Music
 * Physical Education
 * Religion
 * Spanish

Natural and Physical Sciences

 * Majors
 * Biology
 * Chemistry
 * Computer Science
 * Engineering
 * Mathematics
 * Physics
 * Minors
 * Biology
 * Chemistry
 * Computer Science
 * Mathematics
 * Physics

Athletics
The Lane College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, football, cross country, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis.

The athletic teams nicknamed the "Dragons" are sponsored and compete in Division II of the NCAA. The athletic teams compete as a part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Namesake
SS Lane Victory, a World War II Victory Ship, and one of the few such ships surviving, was named for Lane College. It is now docked in San Pedro, California (which is part of the commercial harbor area of Los Angeles to the south of downtown). It is now open as a museum.