| A History of Indiana State University : From Normal School to Teachers College, 1865-1933 In 1865, Indiana State University began classes as many other future regional state universities would: as a "normal school," a school that specialized in training teachers, usually in one- or two-year programs. By 1933, Indiana State had won the name Teachers College and had begun offering graduate-level education. In A History of Indiana State University, Dan Clark explores the history of Indiana State's institutional transformation against the backdrop of the amazing expansion of public education and the scope of higher education in the United States during this period. Daniel A. Clark is an Associate Professor of History at Indiana State University. He is the author of Creating the College Man: American Mass Magazines and Middle-Class Manhood, 1890-1915 . |