20 Facts About Harding University

Harding University is a private university with its main campus in Searcy, Arkansas.

Harding University College was founded in Morrilton, Arkansas, in April 1924 after the merging of two separate colleges: Arkansas Christian College of Morrilton, Arkansas, and Harper College of Harper, Kansas.

Harding University first advocated for pacifism and political disengagement, in line with its own founding influences like James A Harding and David Lipscomb as well as with wider trends in many other evangelical Christian movements during late 19th- and early 20th-century America.

Harding University became involved in the production of a series of animated cartoons extolling the virtues of free-market capitalism.

The initiative represented a central concern of Harding president George S Benson, who believed that fighting socialism was a moral imperative.

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Harding University went further, stating that Black people were far better off in the US than in other countries, and that integration would result in destruction of property, the spread of venereal diseases, and increased pregnancies.

Harding University stated that mixed marriages would lead to broken homes and a rise in crime.

Under his leadership, the Harding University administration allowed students to enter into interracial relationships, but made it policy to caution them against it and informed their parents in writing.

Dean L C Sears House, named for the first dean of Harding University, was a historic house registered in the National Register of Historic Places.

Harding University maintains satellite campuses in Arkansas, one in North Little Rock and a second in Rogers.

In 1953, Harding University established the School of American Studies as an extension of President Benson's National Education Program in order to teach and train students in the founding principles of the United States Constitution.

Harding University was listed among the Top Ten Schools nationwide by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education under two different categories in 2017: student engagement and student inspiration.

Harding University has competed in the NCAA at the Division II level since 1997, beginning in the Lone Star Conference moving in 2000 to the Gulf South Conference and then moving to the newly formed Great American Conference in 2011.

Harding University has long cultivated a strong tradition of vocal performance.

Students at Harding University are expected to maintain the highest standards of Christian morality, integrity, orderliness and personal honor.

Harding University specifies that daily chapel service be held with attendance mandatory for undergraduate students.

Harding University requires each student enrolled in nine or more hours to regularly attend one Bible class that meets at least three hours a week each semester.

White County, Arkansas, where Harding University is located, is a Dry county.

Harding University forbids the use, possession, distribution, or sale of drugs or drug-related paraphernalia.

Harding University has been listed among the "Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth" in the US by Campus Pride.