4 Education and opportunity
The first freshman class at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now North Carolina State University), 1889. About the photograph
After the Civil War, North Carolinians saw a need to expand opportunities for education, both at the Kâ12 level and, especially, in higher education. North Carolina State University was founded at this time, as was the first state college for women and the first of the state’s colleges for black students. In this chapter we’ll learn about who went to college in this new era, what they learned, and why.
- 4.1A timeline of North Carolina colleges and universities, 1865â1900
- 4.2North Carolina State University
- 4.3A women's college
- 4.4Student life at the Normal and Industrial School
- 4.5Wealth and education in North Carolina, 1900
- 4.6The Colored State Normal Schools
- 4.7African American college students, 1906
- 4.8The Biltmore Forest School
- 4.9Athletics
