Other programs developed in such emerging fields as counseling, curriculum development and school health care. More recently, the College has been contending with the difficult problems of urban education, reaffirming its original mission in providing a new kind of education for those left most in need by society or circumstance. 654 East 11th Street is leased as Annex No. 9 University Place, occupied by the Industrial Education Association. The College is founded by Grace Hoadley Dodge as the New York School for the Training of Teachers. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler is appointed as its first president.
Permanent charter is granted.
Name is changed to Teachers College. College moves to West 120th Street. Teachers College becomes affiliated with Columbia University as a professional school for the training of teachers while retaining its legal and financial independence. 1899 First Ph.D. degree is conferred on a Teachers College student. Teachers College record is published.