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Controversy strikes when Atlanta's oldest Art College starts a merger with Georgia's biggest art college. Many ACA students are disappointed and frustrated with the news of the merger. The students feel they chose a school for all its great qualities and now it's selling out. Going from a school with only bachelor's degrees in 12 areas to 78 degree programs, including master's degrees is a massive change. There are so many differences between the two schools that we do not know how this uproar will end.

Atlanta College of Art marks its centennial
 * With a hundred years under their belt (1906-2006), ACA is still moving forward**

Colleges of art may combine
 * "I think what just happened is more like a business proposition, not so much an art school approaching an art school. But it's not just business, this is about 365 student degrees in jeopardy."**

Art School Uproar
 * "Many ACA students, faculty and parents, along with national art-college leaders, have condemned the move, saying it "will destroy the ACA's 100-year legacy."**
 * "This reduces diversity; it does not increase it," Barret states. " A choice is being eliminated ---the choice to attend a small, intiminate art school."**

Woodruff to review art college merger
 * "We are going to fight until the bitter end," Joyner said. "We were promised a future with ACA, and that's not what we're getting."**

2 Arts Colleges in Georgia Vote to Merge, Despite Protests
 * "The merger was approved by the center's trustees by a vote of 31 to 4, with two abstentions, Mr. Stanfill said."**

Art College Merger plan draws protest
 * In leaflets handed out Monday, they referred to the merger as "a hostile takeover and the destruction of a 100-year-old institution that holds higher accreditation status and places a greater emphasis on the fine arts."**

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