Freed–Hardeman University
Freed-Hardeman University is a primarily undergraduate university in Henderson, Tennessee. The university is affiliated with the Church of Christ, whose roots are in the Restoration or "Campbellite" movement. Freed-Hardeman is primarily undergraduate and residential, enrolling full-time students of traditional college age, but also serves some commuting, part-time, and older adult students on-campus and through distance-learning programs. The university offers a limited number of master’s-level graduate programs. Arts, science, and professional degrees are conferred.
The university is governed by a self-perpetuating board of trustees who are members of churches of Christ. Courses are offered by twelve academic departments organized into six schools — Arts and Humanities, Biblical Studies, Business, Education, Sciences and Mathematics, and the Honors College.
It traces its origin to the 1869 charter of a private high school and college for Henderson, the Henderson Male and Female Institute. It was known at various times as the Henderson Masonic Male and Female Institute; West Tennessee Christian College; Georgie Robertson Christian College; National Teachers’ Normal and Business College; and (as of 1919) Freed-Hardeman College. In February of 1990, it became Freed-Hardeman University.