on four-year teaching degrees and high school type classes.
=== 1920–1950 ===
In 1921, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction accredited the college, and authorized its first baccalaureate degrees in arts and sciences. Later, in 1928, the college was approved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for pre-law education. In 1948, Elizabethtown College became accredited by the Middle States Association.
=== Presidents ===
The college's presidents were referred to as principals prior to 1902.
Isaac Newton Harvey "I.N.H." Beahm, 1900–1901 & 1904–1909
George Ness Falkenstein, 1901–1902
Daniel Conrad Reber, 1902–1904 & 1909–1918
Henry Kulp Ober, 1918–1921 & 1924–1928
Jacob Gibble Meyer, 1921–1924
Ralph Weist Schlosser, 1928–1929 & 1930–1941
Harry Hess Nye, 1929–1930
Charles Abba "A.C." Baugher, 1941–1961
Roy Edwin McAuley, 1961–1966
Morley Josiah Mays, 1966–1977
Mark Chester Ebersole, 1977–1985
Gerhard Ernest Spiegler, 1985–1996
Theodore E. Long, 1996–2011
Carl Strikwerda, 2011–2019
Cecilia McCormick, 2019–2021
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