Motto Inspiring change. Established 1857 Academic staff 120+ Phone +1 314-340-3366 | President Dr. Dwaun Warmack Total enrollment 1,390 (2015) Mascot Hornet | |
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Former names St. Louis Normal School, later Harris Teachers College (est.1857)Sumner Normal School. later Stowe Teachers College (est.1890)Harris Teachers College (merger 1954)Harris-Stowe CollegeHarris–Stowe State College (1979) Address 3026 Laclede Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 5,210 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 9,853 USD (2015) Similar Missouri Baptist University, St Louis Community College, Stevens Institute of Business, Aquinas Institute of Theology, St Louis College of Pharmacy | ||
Harris–Stowe State University is a historically black, public university located in midtown St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The University is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The fully accredited four-year institution offers 31 majors, minors and certificate programs in education, business and arts & sciences. Harris-Stowe ranked No. 1 in the state of Missouri and No. 47 in the nation in granting degrees in mathematics and statistics to African-Americans according to Missouri Department of Higher Education and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a newsmagazine that has ranked institutions conferring the most degrees to minority students for the past 30 years. Harris–Stowe State University offers the most affordable bachelor's degree in the state of Missouri.
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History
In 1857, St. Louis Public Schools established a normal school for white students; it was subsequently named Harris Teachers College, after William Torrey Harris, a former St. Louis superintendent of schools and United States Commissioner of Education. In 1920, it was authorized to issue a four-year Bachelor of Arts in Education degree.
In 1890, the St. Louis school system established Sumner Normal School to train black teachers. In 1929, its name was changed to Stowe Teachers College, after author Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose Uncle Tom's Cabin had promoted the abolitionist cause in the antebellum United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education mandated integration of public-school systems. In response to this, Harris and Stowe Colleges were merged into one institution, which retained the "Harris Teachers College" name. At the behest of Stowe alumni and other St. Louisans, the name "Stowe" was added, and the school became Harris-Stowe College.
In 1979, the college was added to the state system of public higher education, under the name of Harris-Stowe State College. Its four-year education degree was changed to a Bachelor of Science in Education. It subsequently expanded its programs to offer several new degrees in education, including the B.S. in Urban Education, designed to enable non-teaching urban education personnel to address problems specific to urban schools; and a degree in Business Administration with various professional options.
In 2005, the college attained university status, and was renamed Harris–Stowe State University.
Academics
Harris–Stowe State University comprises three academic units:
Two fully online degree programs are available in Healthcare Management and Criminal Justice.
All degree programs at Harris-Stowe are dual level, with the first level emphasizing general education studies, and the upper level concentrating on professional studies.
Accreditation
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Harris–Stowe State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
The Anheuser-Busch School of Business receives additional accreditation through the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs and the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education.
The School of Education receives additional accreditation through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Student organizations
The Office of Student Engagement sponsors or hosts more than thirty activity or special interest clubs and approximately a dozen academic clubs and honor societies, several campus affiliate chapters of national organizations, and nearly 12 Greek organizations (mostly in conjunction with other St. Louis area colleges and universities).
Athletics
Harris–Stowe State teams are known as the Hornets. The university competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as a member of the American Midwest Conference (AMC).
Harris-Stowe sponsors three men's and four women's teams in NAIA sanctioned sports:
William L. Clay, Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center
The William L. Clay, Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center is an early childhood child care center that sits on the campus of Harris–Stowe State University. Harris-Stowe invested $11 million into the new facility that is used to train early learning professionals, provide parenting education, and high quality full day care for children. Harris-Stowe was awarded an FY09 Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS) start-up and expansion grant to assist in the purchase of developmentally appropriate materials for the center's new infant/toddler rooms.