The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is an
organization of state-supported colleges and universities that offer degree programs leading to
bachelor's,
master's or
doctoral degrees. AASCU grew out of the Association of Teacher Education Institutions that had been organized in 1951 to serve public comprehensive institutions most of them having begun as single purpose institutions, most of them normal schools.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AASCU