Below you'll find a list and description of each Center & Program that operates through the College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Continuing Education. Each has its own section on this site where you can find more specific information, please go to Centers & Programs for details.

• Advanced Credit Program
  • The Advanced Credit Program (ACP) is a dual credit program as defined by the Missouri Board of Higher Education. This program permits qualifying students to earn college credit and to become familiar with the college experience while still in the high school setting. College credits earned through ACP are accepted at all of Missouri's public colleges and universities and many other institutions across the country.
• Center for Entrepreneurship & Economic Education
  • The Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education works to increase the quantity and enhance the quality of entrepreneurship and economics taught in K-12 classrooms through teacher education and curriculum development. Teacher education consists of credit courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as teacher workshops.
  • The center is affiliated with the Missouri Council on Economic Education and the National Council on Economic Education and is part of a national network of economists and educators dedicated to increasing economic understanding.
• Gateway Writing Project
  • Since 1978, the Gateway Writing Project has sponsored summer institutes, school-based inservice programs, classroom action-research teams, and a variety of credit workshops for teachers and administrators. One of the Project's emphases has been using the computer as a tool in writing process instruction. GWP has helped many districts design computer-equipped writing centers, develop writing programs using technology, and prepare teachers to work effectively with new writing tools. A second emphasis in the Gateway Writing Project has been writing in culturally diverse settings. GWP participates in the Urban Sites Network of the National Writing Project, which supports teacher leadership, action research, and sharing successful classroom practices in the St. Louis Public Schools.
  • The GWP is sponsored by the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Harris-Stowe State College and is the official St. Louis site of the National Writing Project. Through this institutional partnership, GWP serves teachers and students in urban, suburban, and rural districts.
  • GWP is an organization of, by, and for teachers of writing and strives to:
    • Improve student writing abilities by improving the teaching and learning of writing.
    • Provide professional development for classroom teachers.
    • Support teachers' own writing.
    • Promote teacher leadership.

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