Abstract:
Guilford County is considered an educational center. With six colleges and two junior colleges, Guilford County holds not only an unprecedented number of educational institutions per county, but also boasts other great educational achievements, such as the oldest co-educational college in the South, the oldest chartered Women's College in North Carolina, the largest resident Women's College in the nation, the second largest Negro College, and the first tax-supported public school system in North Carolina in Greensboro.