Cheyney University, the nation’s first HBCU, offers an early childhood education major and a special education major in its department of business, education and professional studies. (Photo courtesy of Cheyney University)
Shown here, students on the campus of Howard University in 1870. Howard University also has roots in teacher training, as well as clergy training. Today, the university’s school of education offers majors in elementary education, human development, school psychology, secondary education, educational leadership and policy studies and special education. (Photo courtesy of Moorland Spingarn Research Center)
Harris-Stowe State University, located in St. Louis, Mo., is a combination of two teacher colleges: Harris Teachers College, founded in 1857, and Stowe Teachers College, founded in 1929. The two colleges joined in 1954. Today, the university has one of the best HBCU education programs and offers majors such as elementary education, early childhood education, middle school mathematics education, middle school natural sciences, and middle school social studies. (Photo courtesy of Harris-Stowe State University)