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Campus Address
915 South Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama 36101
Telephone: 334-229-4100
Admissions Address
Recruitment
Alabama State University
PO Box 271
Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0271
Telephone: 334-229-4291
Toll-free: 800-253-5037
Fax: 334-229-4984
http://www.alasu.edu
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History
Alabama State University is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts university founded in 1867 as Lincoln Normal School, a private school for blacks located in Marion, Alabama. In 1874, the state reorganized Lincoln to establish the State Normal School and University for the Education of the Colored Teachers and Students. Because of racial tensions in Marion, the school was moved to Montgomery in 1887 and changed its name to Alabama Colored People’s University. In 1889, the name was changed to State Normal School for Colored Students. In 1920, the first instruction at postsecondary level was offered, and the institution became a junior college.
The first bachelor’s degree was awarded in 1931, the first master’s degree in 1943. Between 1921 and 1954, the institution was reorganized as a four-year institution and changed its name three times: to State Teachers College in 1929, to Alabama State College for Negroes in 1949, and to Alabama State College in 1954.
In 1954 the college was caught up in the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott and the direct action campaigns of the Civil Rights movement. Overcoming counteraction by state authorities and others, the college was granted university status in 1969 and adopted its present name.
It was largely through the efforts of William Burns Paterson, who became president in 1878, that the institution became the first state-supported institution for the training of black teachers in the United States. During his administration, the school graduated its first 6 students. Regarded as the founder, Paterson led the University for more than thirty-seven years through many “insurmountable odds” that threatened to close the school.
As a state institution, the school’s mission is to provide quality programs to any student who desires to pursue higher education for personal, occupational, or professional growth, regardless of socioeconomic status or racial, ethnic, or cultural background.
The campus occupies 138 acres in the historic Centennial Hill area of Montgomery, Alabama. Across the street is the beautiful Municipal Oak Park, one of the few space transit planetariums in the nation. Two new facilities are the Tullibody Fine Arts Complex and the Music Hall.
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General Information
Public institution
Year founded: 1867
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Semester
Undergraduate student body: 4,689
Setting: Urban
Endowment: $31,398,122
Fall 2005 Admissions
Application deadline: July 30
Selectivity: Less selective
2005-2006 Expenses
Tuition and fees: $4,008 in-state, $8,036 out-of-state
Room/board: $3,800
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