Harris Teachers College
The college at night
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| Motto | Inspiring change. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1857 |
| President | Dr. Dwaun Warmack |
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Academic staff
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120+ |
| Undergraduates | approx. 1,300 |
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Brown & Gold |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Softball and Volleyball |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Affiliations | NAIA |
| Website | www.hssu.edu |
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Harris Teachers College
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| Location | 3026 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103 |
| Coordinates | 38°37′19″N 90°14′13″W / 38.62194°N 90.23694°WCoordinates: 38°37′19″N 90°14′13″W / 38.62194°N 90.23694°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000787 |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 2004 |
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.
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.
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