Change From Teachers' College To Liberal Arts College Approved

Regents approve 11 state teacher's colleges becoming liberal arts colleges. First undergraduate upperclassmen & women admitted to the liberal arts program rather than teacher training program. Students can elect either a General Program or Teacher Education Program as their major. In 1962 freshmen would be admitted to the Liberal Arts & Science curriculum. Commissioner of Education Dr. James E. Allen Jr. announces that the State University College of Education at Albany will be renamed the State University College at Albany. It was also officially announced that the College would have a graduate school and that the school would be moved to the Albany Country Club.

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"Teacher College Arts, Science Plans Okayed," Time-Union, September 30, 1961, p. 3; “Self Examination”, 1964, p. 1