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By the late 1930s, not only was the University known
for teaching excellence across the Southeast, but also
nationally. The University was selected as one of seven
teacher’s colleges to participate in the National Study
of Teacher Education by the Commission on Teacher
Education. At the state level, the College of Education
expanded its curriculum to include the preparation of
junior and senior high school teachers in non-vocational
fields.
The mid-1950s was characterized
by growth and expansion for
Troy University and the College of
Education. Two key events were
evidence of this period of growth and
expansion. The first event occurred
in 1952 when Troy University was
selected to participate in a national pilot program preparing
teachers to deal with the topic of religion in the public
schools. Then in 1957, the University awarded the first
master’s degree in education.
The theme of growth and expansion was continued
into the next two decades with teaching centers and
branch campuses opening in
new locations across Alabama.
Teaching centers opened at Ft.
Rucker in 1961 and at Maxwell
Air Force Base in 1965. These
teaching centers evolved into
the present day Dothan and
Montgomery campuses. In 1975, the Phenix City Campus
opened as a branch campus. The University also sought to
expand degree offerings. In 1964, after being approached
by area schools who needed band directors and music
teachers, the University explored the possibility of
creating a bachelor’s degree in music education.
The Alabama Educational Leadership Hall of
Fame was established in 1982 by the Alabama Legislature
to recognize exceptional professionals or citizens for
noteworthy contributions to public education at the
elementary or secondary levels. The Alabama Educational
Leadership Hall of Fame is located in Hawkins Hall on the
Troy Campus.
The University demonstrated a commitment to
increasing academic standards and strengthening
its ability to produce the highest quality students
by attaining accreditation from the
Council for Accreditation of Counseling
and Related Educational Programs
(CACREP), The Council on Rehabilitation
Education (CORE), and The
National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE). Counseling
programs (Community Counseling,
Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and
School Counseling) at the Phenix
City Campus were the first to attain
CACREP accreditation in 1999. In 2005, the Troy Campus
was awarded CACREP accreditation for the Community
Counseling and School Counseling programs. During the
following year, the Community Counseling and School
Counseling programs received CACREP accreditation
at the Montgomery Campus. The same programs were
accredited by CACREP at the
Dothan Campus in 2009, while
the Southeast Region received
CACREP accreditation fo r t h e
Clinical Mental Health
Counseling program the same
year. In the fall of 2007, the
Rehabilitation Counseling
programs at the four Alabama
campuses received accreditation through CORE. Further
testament to the commitment of producing the highest
quality students was evidenced by NCATE granting full
accreditation status under one umbrella to all four Alabama
campuses in 2008.
1995
Southeast
Alabama Regional
Inservice Center
OCT
1997
EARTH
LAB ‘97
JAN
1998
Preparing the
Learning Disabled for
Higher Education
OCT
Gulf Coast
Conference on the
Teaching of Writing
OCT
1999
Alabama
Reading
Initiative
NOV
2000
Preparing
Tomorrow’s Teachers
Technology College
MAY
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