In 1886 NLU was founded as Miss Harrison's Training School to train women to teach kindergarten. It soon expanded to include the fine arts, biology, written communications, English, applied languages, mathematics and quantitative studies, psychology, public policy and the social sciences. The university now houses the National College of Education, College of Arts and Sciences and College Management and Business. The study programs are offered at one of the five Illinois campuses in Chicago, Elgin, Lisle, Skokie (North Shore) and Wheeling. Classes are also offered on the NLU campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Tampa, Florida.