Auburn University was established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, 20 years after the city of Auburn's founding. In 1872, under the Morrill Act, the school became the first land-grant college in the South and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1899 the name again was changed, to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Finally, in 1960 the name of the school was changed to Auburn University, a title more in keeping with its location, and expressing the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university.

Auburn University OPCE
The Office of Professional & Continuing Education makes the educational resources of Auburn University available for non-credit education programs and conferences designed to promote lifelong learning, regardless of age, interest, or location. Our programs fall into five general categories: Professional Development, Certificate Programs, Personal Enrichment, Auburn Youth Programs, and Conferences.

Location
Auburn, Alabama

Size
206 academic buildings, 427 total buildings, 1,841 acres

Enrollment, 2018-19 Academic Year
Total: 30,440
Undergraduate: 24,628
Graduate: 4,706
Professional: 1,106
Male: 50%
Female: 50%

Austin Peay State University’s online courses offer an interactive approach to education combined with a user-friendly online platform. Even if you've never taken an online class before, you will find our online format easy to learn, navigate, and manage! Online students access D2L and engage with instructors and classmates online in an interactive format. It is important to know that online courses are not self-paced; courses begin and end on specific dates and class work has assigned deadlines. Advising, library services, student support, and other forms of student assistance are available to online students.

Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a branch institution of the Louisiana State University System located in Shreveport, Louisiana. LSUS opened in 1967 as a two-year community college but transitioned into a four-year college five years later in 1972. 

LSUS has more than 20 undergraduate degree programs, a dozen master’s degree programs (including the new online MBA), and a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership Studies. The student-teacher ratio is one of the lowest in the state, lending to individualized instruction and personalized learning.

Named by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the most affordable colleges in Louisiana, LSU Shreveport offers high quality classroom instruction with very affordable tuition rates. In addition, LSUS offers many forms of financial aid, including scholarships, on-campus employment, and graduate assistantships. Finances don’t have to stop you from achieving your goals of a high quality education. All of these improvements continue to enhance the student experience at LSU Shreveport, and the University has proven itself to be an institution of opportunity and quality.

LMU is a National University / High Research Activity (R2) putting LMU in the upper echelon of American universities. This classification reflects LMU’s commitment to high-level research and its growth in doctoral degrees.

LMU offers doctorate degrees in educational leadership for social justice and juridical science at LMU’s Loyola Law School, and shelters a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and an Alpha Sigma Nu chapter.

• Founded: 1911
• Mission: The encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
• President: Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D.
• LMU Westchester Campus: 142 acres
• LMU Downtown Law Campus: 1 acre
• LMU Playa Vista Campus
• Sponsoring Religious Orders:
  • Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
  • Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (R.S.H.M.)
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (C.S.J.)