Teachers College

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Teachers College (or Teachers' College or Teacher's College) refers to a college intended for teacher training. The term was most common in the 1920s and 1930s; most of these academic institutions have since been renamed. Teachers College may refer to any of the following academic institutions:

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City
Fuling Teachers College, Chongqing, China
Guangxi Teachers College, Nanning, China
Nova Scotia Teachers College
Montessori Teachers College
The David Yellin Teachers College
Beit Berl Teachers College
Levinsky Teachers College - Tel Aviv

[edit] Historical names

These academic institutions have been previously known as Teachers College:

[edit] United States

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; formerly Ball State Teacher's College.
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota; formerly Bemidji State Teachers College.
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota; formerly Black Hills Teachers College.
Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland; formerly Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, Pennsylvania; formerly Cheyney State Teachers College.
Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois; formerly Chicago Teachers College and Illinois Teachers College: Chicago South.
Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois; formerly Concordia Teachers' College.
Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland; formerly Coppin State Teachers College.
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; formerly East Carolina Teachers College.
Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia; formerly Fairmont State Teachers College.
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland; formerly State Teachers' College at Frostburg.
Kean University, New Jersey; formerly Newark State Teachers College.
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania; formerly Mansfield State Teachers' College.
Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota; formerly Mankato State Teachers College.
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey; formerly New Jersey State Teachers College.
Northeastern Illinois University, North Park, Illinois; formerly Chicago Teachers College (North Side).
Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee; formerly George Peabody College for Teachers.
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky; formerly Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College.
Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey; formerly Glassboro State Teachers College.
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas; formerly Sam Houston State Teachers College.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; formerly State Teachers College at Shippensburg.
State University of New York at Cortland; formerly Cortland State Teachers College.
State University of New York at New Paltz; formerly State Teachers College at New Paltz.
Texas State University-San Marcos; formerly Southwest Texas State Teachers College.
Towson University, Towson, Maryland; formerly Maryland State Teachers College at Towson.
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma; formerly Central State Teachers College.
University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; formerly District of Columbia Teachers College.
University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama; formerly Florence State Teachers College.
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina; formerly Western Carolina Teachers College.
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut; formerly Western Connecticut State Teachers College.
Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota; formerly Winona State Teachers' College.

[edit] World

Adama University, Ethiopia; formerly Adama Technical Teachers College.
Auckland College of Education, New Zealand; formerly Auckland Teacher Training College.
Busan National University of Education, South Korea; formerly Busan Teachers' College.
Charles Sturt University, New South Wales; formerly Wagga Teachers College.
College of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas; formerly Bahamas Teachers' College.
Hebei North University, China; formerly Zhangjiakou Teachers College.
Hong Kong Institute of Education; formerly Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College;
Jimei University, China; formerly Jimei Teachers College.
Kumamoto University, Japan; formerly Kumamoto Teachers College.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario; formerly
Potchefstroom College of Educatio, South Africa, formerly Potchefstroom Teachers' College.
Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education, New Zealand; formerly Wellington Teachers College.