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West Chester became West Chester State Teachers College in 1927 when Pennsylvania initiated a four-year program of teacher education. In 1960, as the Commonwealth paved the way for liberal arts programs in its college system, West Chester was renamed West Chester State College , and two years later introduced the liberal arts program that ...
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs 9,672 1889 West Chester University: West Chester: Chester: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity 17,669 1871 West Chester University in Philadelphia Philadelphia: Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: satellite campus
West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District, also known as the Quadrangle Historic District, is a group of historic academic buildings and national historic district located on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It consists of five contributing buildings built between ...
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania: Shippensburg: 1871 8,253 $36.9 million NCAA Div II PSAC: Raiders Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: Slippery Rock: 1889 8,806 $16.5 million NCAA Div II PSAC: The Rock West Chester University of Pennsylvania: West Chester: 1871 17,719 $47.2 million NCAA Div II PSAC, ECAC: Golden Rams
West Chester elementary schools were desegregated in 1948, thanks to the efforts of Charles and Unise Porter, the parents of African-American first-grader Gregory Porter. [56] The West Chester Normal School became West Chester State Teachers College in 1926. It again changed its name to West Chester State College in 1960.
The West Chester Golden Rams represent West Chester University of Pennsylvania, which is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in intercollegiate sports. They compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in NCAA Division II. The university currently fields 23 varsity Division II men's and women's teams.
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On August 12, 1953, Westchester County announced that the Institute would be replaced with Westchester Community College beginning September 1, 1953. [ 7 ] New York governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed WCC's first board of trustees, which was composed of "successful lawyers, editors, manufacturers, labor readers and persons of varied racial ...