admitted as juniors. With its home extension program and summer school, the school was the first in Texas to offer instruction in home economics, supplying an overwhelming majority of the state's high school teachers in home economics in the early 20th century. In 1914, CIA implemented its first four-year college curriculum, and the first bachelor's degrees were conferred in 1915. By 1929, the college had expanded its programs sufficiently to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Association of University Women, and the Association of American Universities, and it began offering its first master's degrees in 1930. In 1934, the school underwent another name change to the "Texas State College for Women (TSCW)" to reflect its growing reputation as a premiere institution of higher education for women in the state.
Despite the social and cultural limitations for professional women at the time, the college pioneered several academic programs to meet the needs of …
