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The University of La Verne was founded in 1891 as Lordsburg College by members of the Church of the Brethren who moved west from the Midwest to settle a new land. Both the College and the agricultural community were renamed La Verne in 1917, and the 1920's and 1930's found three-quarters of the student body in teacher education. The next three decades saw campus facilities multiply fourfold, the Board of Trustees become independent of c hurch control, and the student body and become more cosmopolitan without the College losing its commitment to service or its dedication to sound, people-centered, values-oriented education. In 1955 the College was accredited by the Western College Association. A de cade later it awarded its first master's degree, and in 1979 it conferred its first doctorate.
In 1969 La Verne began offering degree programs off campus, and the following year it opened its College of Law. Reflecting these profound changes in size and scope, the College reorganized in 1977 as the University of La Verne. In 1983 the San Fernando Valley College of Law became part of the University, the same year that the University established its San Fernando Valley Center. Continuing this trend of improving services to off-campus students, ULV created centers in Ventura (1991) and Riverside (1992) Counties.
The University of La Verne is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western of Schools and Colleges, and is approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing for offering credentials in several areas.
