Founded in 1906, Abilene Christian University is a non-profit private higher education institution located in the the urban setting of the large town of Abilene (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Texas. Officially accredited/recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Abilene Christian University is a small (enrollment range: 5,000-5,999 students) coeducational higher education institution formally affiliated with the Christian ((Church of Christ of- religion. Abilene Christian University offers courses and programs leading to recognized higher education degrees such as undergraduate certificates/diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. This 110 years old HE institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students' past academic record and grades. The admission rate range is 40-50% making this US higher education organization a averagely selective institution. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment. also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, housing, sport facilities and/or activities, financial aids and/or scholarships, study abroad and exchange programs, online courses and distance learning opportunities, as well as administrative services.
A.B. and Charles Roberson were on their way to a gospel meeting when first said to Roberson, "Let's build a school in West Texas." That was in 1903. In 1905, , a teacher at Southwestern Christian College in Denton, struck an agreement with Col. J.W. , a leader in the Abilene church, to buy land from him at a reduced price on the condition that the school would be named in his honor. The Classical Institute, offering 11 primary and secondary grades, opened its doors in Fall 1906 with 25 students enrolled for classes.
' first years were difficult for everyone, with cold classrooms, crowded living conditions and a water shortage. The school was led by four presidents during those early years: , H.C. , R.L. and James F. Cox (who served another term as president from 1931-40).
Jesse P. became president in 1912. declined his salary, opting to run the school as though it were a personal business enterprise. With s new approach came a new identity for the school. Since its beginning, the institute had been commonly referred to as Abilene Christian or the Christian college in Abilene. When became president, the school began using the name Abilene Christian College in its catalog and other printed materials. The campus grew by four new brick buildings, an enlarged administration building and six frame structures, and an increased enrollment of about 300 students during his final term. Sewell's tenure also resulted in accreditation as a junior college in 1914 and as a senior college in 1919.
The Directorate of Admissions
The Directorate of Admissions (DoA) was established by the University in the year 2014 with a view to stream line the entire admissions process in the University Teaching Departments and affiliated colleges of the University. The main aim of DoA is conducting centralised admissions to various UG, PG, M.Phil & Ph.D programmes offered by the University and its affiliated colleges in a systematic, transparent and student friendly manner following all reservation rules. The major task of DoA is Centralised Admission Process(CAP) for UG and PG, which offers facility for online submission of single application for various UG & PG courses in multiple colleges affiliated to the University. CAP helps students to submit applications of their choice through simple online steps. This hassle free process is time saving, cost effective and ensures transparency in admission.
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New York University (NYU)
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private non-profit institutions of American higher education. University rankings compiled by U.S. News and World Report, Times Higher Education and the Academic Ranking of World Universities all rank NYU among the top 34 universities in the world. NYU is organized into more than 20 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. NYU’s main campus is located at Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan with institutes and centers on the Upper East Side, academic buildings and dorms down on Wall Street, and the Brooklyn campus located at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. The University also established NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai and maintains 11 other Global Academic Centers in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tel Aviv andWashington, D.C.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 36 Nobel Prize winners, four Abel Prizewinners, four Turing Award winners, four Fields Medal winners, over 30 National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation,Arts and Humanities recipients, over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, as well as several Russ Prize,Gordon Prize and Draper Prize winners, and dozens of Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has many MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as hundreds of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, and a plethora of members of the United States Congress and heads of state of countries all over the world, among its past and present graduates and faculty. The alumni of NYU are among the wealthiest in the world, and include seventeen living billionaires.
NYU’s sports teams are called the Violets, the colors being the trademarked hue “NYU Violet” and white; the school mascot is the bobcat. Almost all sporting teams participate in the NCAA‘s Division III and the University Athletic Association.
History
Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, declared his intention to establish “in this immense and fast-growing city … a system of rational and practical education fitting for all and graciously opened to all”. A three-day-long “literary and scientific convention” held in City Hall in 1830 and attended by over 100 delegates debated the terms of a plan for a new university. These New Yorkers believed the city needed a university designed for young men who would be admitted based upon merit rather than birthright, status, or social class. On April 18, 1831, an institution was established, with the support of a group of prominent New York City residents from the city’s landed class of merchants, bankers, and traders. Albert Gallatin was elected as the institution’s first president. On April 21, 1831, the new institution received its charter and was incorporated as the University of the City of New York by the New York State Legislature; older documents often refer to it by that name. The university has been popularly known as New York University since its beginning and was officially renamed New York University in 1896. In 1832, NYU held its first classes in rented rooms of four-story Clinton Hall, situated near City Hall. In 1835, the School of Law, NYU’s first professional school, was established. Although the impetus to found a new school was partly a reaction by evangelicalPresbyterians to what they perceived as the Episcopalianism of Columbia College NYU was created non-denominational, unlike many American colleges at the time.
The University Heights campus, now home to Bronx Community College
It became one of the nation’s largest universities, with an enrollment of 9,300 in 1917. NYU had itsWashington Square campus since its founding. The university purchased a campus at University Heightsin the Bronx because of overcrowding on the old campus. NYU also had a desire to follow New York City’s development further uptown. NYU’s move to the Bronx occurred in 1894, spearheaded by the efforts of Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken. The University Heights campus was far more spacious than its predecessor was. As a result, most of the university’s operations along with the undergraduate College of Arts and Science and School of Engineering were housed there. NYU’s administrative operations were moved to the new campus, but the graduate schools of the university remained at Washington Square. In 1914, Washington Square College was founded as the downtown undergraduate college of NYU. In 1935, NYU opened the “Nassau College-Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island”. This extension would later become a fully independent Hofstra University
In 1950, NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities, a nonprofit organization of leading public and private research universities.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, financial crisis gripped the New York City government and the troubles spread to the city’s institutions, including NYU. Feeling the pressures of imminent bankruptcy, NYU President James McNaughton Hester negotiated the sale of the University Heights campus to the City University of New York, which occurred in 1973. In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, which eventually merged into NYU in 2014 forming the present Tandon School of Engineering. After the sale of the Bronx campus, University College merged with Washington Square College. In the 1980s, under the leadership of President John Brademas, NYU launched a billion-dollar campaign that was spent almost entirely on updating facilities. The campaign was set to complete in 15 years, but ended up being completed in 10. In 2003 President John Sexton launched a $2.5 billion campaign for funds to be spent especially on faculty and financial aid resources.
In 2009, the university responded to a series of New York Times interviews that showed a pattern of labor abuses in its fledgling Abu Dhabi location, creating a statement of labor values for Abu Dhabi campus workers. A 2014 follow-up article in The Times found that while some conditions had improved, contractors for the multibillion-endowment university were still frequently subjecting their workers to third-world labor conditions. The article documented that these conditions included confiscation of worker passports, forced overtime, recruitment fees and cockroach-filled dorms where workers had to sleep under beds. According to the article, workers who attempted to protest the NYU contractors’ conditions were promptly arrested. The university responded the day of the article with an apology to the workers. Another report was published and it maintains that those who were on strike were arrested by police who then promptly abused them in a police station. Many of those who were not local were then deported to their country. A 2014 follow-up article in The Times found that some conditions had improved. In 2015, NYU compensated thousands of migrant workers on its Abu Dhabi complex.
NYU was the founding member of the League of World Universities, an international organization consisting of rectors and presidents from urban universities across six continents. The league and its 47 representatives gather every two years to discuss global issues in education. L. Jay Oliva formed the organization in 1991 just after he was inaugurated president of New York University.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 36 Nobel Prize winners, four Abel Prizewinners, four Turing Award winners, four Fields Medal winners, over 30 National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation,Arts and Humanities recipients, over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, as well as several Russ Prize,Gordon Prize and Draper Prize winners, and dozens of Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has many MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as hundreds of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, and a plethora of members of the United States Congress and heads of state of countries all over the world, among its past and present graduates and faculty. The alumni of NYU are among the wealthiest in the world, and include seventeen living billionaires.
NYU’s sports teams are called the Violets, the colors being the trademarked hue “NYU Violet” and white; the school mascot is the bobcat. Almost all sporting teams participate in the NCAA‘s Division III and the University Athletic Association.
History
Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, declared his intention to establish “in this immense and fast-growing city … a system of rational and practical education fitting for all and graciously opened to all”. A three-day-long “literary and scientific convention” held in City Hall in 1830 and attended by over 100 delegates debated the terms of a plan for a new university. These New Yorkers believed the city needed a university designed for young men who would be admitted based upon merit rather than birthright, status, or social class. On April 18, 1831, an institution was established, with the support of a group of prominent New York City residents from the city’s landed class of merchants, bankers, and traders. Albert Gallatin was elected as the institution’s first president. On April 21, 1831, the new institution received its charter and was incorporated as the University of the City of New York by the New York State Legislature; older documents often refer to it by that name. The university has been popularly known as New York University since its beginning and was officially renamed New York University in 1896. In 1832, NYU held its first classes in rented rooms of four-story Clinton Hall, situated near City Hall. In 1835, the School of Law, NYU’s first professional school, was established. Although the impetus to found a new school was partly a reaction by evangelicalPresbyterians to what they perceived as the Episcopalianism of Columbia College NYU was created non-denominational, unlike many American colleges at the time.
The University Heights campus, now home to Bronx Community College
It became one of the nation’s largest universities, with an enrollment of 9,300 in 1917. NYU had itsWashington Square campus since its founding. The university purchased a campus at University Heightsin the Bronx because of overcrowding on the old campus. NYU also had a desire to follow New York City’s development further uptown. NYU’s move to the Bronx occurred in 1894, spearheaded by the efforts of Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken. The University Heights campus was far more spacious than its predecessor was. As a result, most of the university’s operations along with the undergraduate College of Arts and Science and School of Engineering were housed there. NYU’s administrative operations were moved to the new campus, but the graduate schools of the university remained at Washington Square. In 1914, Washington Square College was founded as the downtown undergraduate college of NYU. In 1935, NYU opened the “Nassau College-Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island”. This extension would later become a fully independent Hofstra University
In 1950, NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities, a nonprofit organization of leading public and private research universities.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, financial crisis gripped the New York City government and the troubles spread to the city’s institutions, including NYU. Feeling the pressures of imminent bankruptcy, NYU President James McNaughton Hester negotiated the sale of the University Heights campus to the City University of New York, which occurred in 1973. In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, which eventually merged into NYU in 2014 forming the present Tandon School of Engineering. After the sale of the Bronx campus, University College merged with Washington Square College. In the 1980s, under the leadership of President John Brademas, NYU launched a billion-dollar campaign that was spent almost entirely on updating facilities. The campaign was set to complete in 15 years, but ended up being completed in 10. In 2003 President John Sexton launched a $2.5 billion campaign for funds to be spent especially on faculty and financial aid resources.
In 2009, the university responded to a series of New York Times interviews that showed a pattern of labor abuses in its fledgling Abu Dhabi location, creating a statement of labor values for Abu Dhabi campus workers. A 2014 follow-up article in The Times found that while some conditions had improved, contractors for the multibillion-endowment university were still frequently subjecting their workers to third-world labor conditions. The article documented that these conditions included confiscation of worker passports, forced overtime, recruitment fees and cockroach-filled dorms where workers had to sleep under beds. According to the article, workers who attempted to protest the NYU contractors’ conditions were promptly arrested. The university responded the day of the article with an apology to the workers. Another report was published and it maintains that those who were on strike were arrested by police who then promptly abused them in a police station. Many of those who were not local were then deported to their country. A 2014 follow-up article in The Times found that some conditions had improved. In 2015, NYU compensated thousands of migrant workers on its Abu Dhabi complex.
NYU was the founding member of the League of World Universities, an international organization consisting of rectors and presidents from urban universities across six continents. The league and its 47 representatives gather every two years to discuss global issues in education. L. Jay Oliva formed the organization in 1991 just after he was inaugurated president of New York University.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in the nation and the world. In the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” list, MIT ranked as No. 5 in the natio an organization specializing in education and study abroad, ranked MIT the No. 3 best university worldwide. The same organization ranked MIT’s engineering program No. 1 in the world. Located in Cambridge, Mass., the university is just across the Charles River from downtown Boston. Enrollment stands at more than 4,000 undergraduates and 6,500 graduate students. The school primarily educates students in disciplines related to science and technology. It also offers more than 450 student groups, ranging from ethnic and cultural associations to activism groups and media organizations. Approximately 40% of the student body studies, volunteers, or interns abroad during their time at MIT.
Programs
MIT offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees through seven schools. Fields of study include architecture, management, science, humanities, arts, and social sciences. MIT also offers interdisciplinary programs, such as the Media Arts and Sciences Freshman Program, which exposes students to the intersection of technology, communication, and expression. MIT offers 32 undergraduate majors, the most popular of which are engineering, computer science, and the biological and biomedical sciences. Among its graduate schools are the highly ranked School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management, in addition to strong programs in economics, psychology, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and mathematics.
MIT also makes a portion of course materials available on the web for other instructors and motivated self-learners. The initiative, MIT Open makes these materials available free of charge to any user, anywhere.''''
MIT is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It has been accredited by this agency since
Admissions
MIT’s early action deadline is November 1, and the regular action deadline is January 1. Applicants must submit an application, letters of recommendation, official transcript(s), and test scores, along with the non-refundable application fee. Interviews are also strongly recommended. MIT’s regular acceptance rate is and its early acceptance rate is.
MIT’s application consists of two components. The first part requests biographical information and the second requests essays, academic information, and information on extracurricular activities. Two letters of recommendation should be submitted. The first letter should come from a teacher in the math or science field, while the second should come from a teacher who teaches the humanities, arts, or social sciences. Supplemental evaluations are also welcome. MIT requires that students submit test scores from the ACT plus writing section, SAT, or TOEFL. Students must submit scores from two SAT II Subject Tests, in math and science. For math, students may take either Math Level I or Math Level II. In science, students must take subject tests in biology, chemistry, or physics.
Programs
MIT offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees through seven schools. Fields of study include architecture, management, science, humanities, arts, and social sciences. MIT also offers interdisciplinary programs, such as the Media Arts and Sciences Freshman Program, which exposes students to the intersection of technology, communication, and expression. MIT offers 32 undergraduate majors, the most popular of which are engineering, computer science, and the biological and biomedical sciences. Among its graduate schools are the highly ranked School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management, in addition to strong programs in economics, psychology, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and mathematics.
MIT also makes a portion of course materials available on the web for other instructors and motivated self-learners. The initiative, MIT Open makes these materials available free of charge to any user, anywhere.''''
MIT is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It has been accredited by this agency since
Admissions
MIT’s early action deadline is November 1, and the regular action deadline is January 1. Applicants must submit an application, letters of recommendation, official transcript(s), and test scores, along with the non-refundable application fee. Interviews are also strongly recommended. MIT’s regular acceptance rate is and its early acceptance rate is.
MIT’s application consists of two components. The first part requests biographical information and the second requests essays, academic information, and information on extracurricular activities. Two letters of recommendation should be submitted. The first letter should come from a teacher in the math or science field, while the second should come from a teacher who teaches the humanities, arts, or social sciences. Supplemental evaluations are also welcome. MIT requires that students submit test scores from the ACT plus writing section, SAT, or TOEFL. Students must submit scores from two SAT II Subject Tests, in math and science. For math, students may take either Math Level I or Math Level II. In science, students must take subject tests in biology, chemistry, or physics.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 inElizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the Thirteen Colonies and thus one of the nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newarkin 1747, then to the current site nine years later, where it was renamed Princeton University in 1896.
Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Princeton has the largestendowment per student in the United States.
The university has graduated many notable alumni. It has been associated with 41 Nobel laureates, 21 National Medal of Sciencewinners, 14 Fields Medalists, the most Abel Prize winners and Fields Medalists (at the time of award) of any university (five and eight, respectively), 10 Turing Award laureates, five National Humanities Medal recipients, 209 Rhodes Scholars, and 126 Marshall Scholars. Two U.S. Presidents, 12 U.S. Supreme Court Justices (three of whom currently serve on the court), and numerous living billionaires and foreign heads of state are all counted among Princeton’s alumni. Princeton has also graduated many prominent members of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Cabinet, including eight Secretaries of State, three Secretaries of Defense, and two of the past four Chairs of the Federal Reserve.
History
A commemorative 3-cent stamp from 1953 celebrating the bicentennial ofNassau Hall
New Light Presbyterians founded the College of New Jersey in 1746 in order to train ministers. The college was the educational and religious capital of Scots-Irish America. In 1754, trustees of the College of New Jersey suggested that, in recognition of Governor’s interest, Princeton should be named as Belcher College. Gov. Jonathan Belcher replied: “What a hell of a name that would be!” In 1756, the college moved to Princeton, New Jersey. Its home in Princeton was Nassau Hall, named for the royal House of Orange-Nassauof William III of England.
Following the untimely deaths of Princeton’s first five presidents, John Witherspoon became president in 1768 and remained in that office until his death in 1794. During his presidency, Witherspoon shifted the college’s focus from training ministers to preparing a new generation for leadership in the new American nation. To this end, he tightened academic standards and solicited investment in the college. Witherspoon’s presidency constituted a long period of stability for the college, interrupted by the American Revolution and particularly the Battle of Princeton, during which British soldiers briefly occupied Nassau Hall; American forces, led by George Washington, fired cannon on the building to rout them from it.
John Witherspoon, President of the College (1768-94), signer of theDeclaration of Independence
In 1812, the eighth president the College of New Jersey, Ashbel Green (1812–23), helped establish the Princeton Theological Seminary next door The plan to extend the theological curriculum met with “enthusiastic approval on the part of the authorities at the College of New Jersey” Today, Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary maintain separate institutions with ties that include services such as cross-registration and mutual library access.
Before the construction of Stanhope Hall in 1803, Nassau Hall was the college’s sole building. The cornerstone of the building was laid on September 17, 1754. During the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall, making Princeton the country’s capital for four months. Over the centuries and through two redesigns following major fires (1802 and 1855), Nassau Hall’s role shifted from an all-purpose building, comprising office, dormitory, library, and classroom space; to classroom space exclusively; to its present role as the administrative center of the University. The class of 1879 donated twin lion sculptures that flanked the entrance until 1911, when that same class replaced them with tigers. Nassau Hall’s bell rang after the hall’s construction; however, the fire of 1802 melted it. The bell was then recast and melted again in the fire of 1855
A Birds-eye view of campus in 1906
James McCosh took office as the college’s president in 1868 and lifted the institution out of a low period that had been brought about by the American Civil War. During his two decades of service, he overhauled the curriculum, oversaw an expansion of inquiry into the sciences, and supervised the addition of a number of buildings in the High Victorian Gothic style to the campus. McCosh Hall is named in his honor.
In 1879, the first thesis for a Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. was submitted by James F. Williamson, Class of 1877.
In 1896, the college officially changed its name from the College of New Jersey to Princeton University to honor the town in which it resides. During this year, the college also underwent large expansion and officially became a university. In 1900, the Graduate School was established.
In 1902, Woodrow Wilson, graduate of the Class of 1879, was elected the 13th president of the university. Under Wilson, Princeton introduced the preceptorial system in 1905, a then-unique concept in the US that augmented the standard lecture method of teaching with a more personal form in which small groups of students, or precepts, could interact with a single instructor, or preceptor, in their field of interest.
Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann at Princeton, 1938
In 1906, the reservoir Lake Carnegie was created by Andrew Carnegie A collection of historical photographs of the building of the lake is housed at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library on Princeton’s campus. On October 2, 1913, the Princeton University Graduate College was dedicated. In 1919 the School of Architecture was established In 1933, Albert Einstein became a lifetime member of the Institute for Advanced Study with an office on the Princeton campus. While always independent of the university, the Institute for Advanced Study occupied offices in Jones Hall for 6 years, from its opening in 1933, until their own campus was finished and opened in 1939. This helped start an incorrect impression that it was part of the university, one that has never been completely eradicated.
Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Princeton has the largestendowment per student in the United States.
The university has graduated many notable alumni. It has been associated with 41 Nobel laureates, 21 National Medal of Sciencewinners, 14 Fields Medalists, the most Abel Prize winners and Fields Medalists (at the time of award) of any university (five and eight, respectively), 10 Turing Award laureates, five National Humanities Medal recipients, 209 Rhodes Scholars, and 126 Marshall Scholars. Two U.S. Presidents, 12 U.S. Supreme Court Justices (three of whom currently serve on the court), and numerous living billionaires and foreign heads of state are all counted among Princeton’s alumni. Princeton has also graduated many prominent members of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Cabinet, including eight Secretaries of State, three Secretaries of Defense, and two of the past four Chairs of the Federal Reserve.
History
A commemorative 3-cent stamp from 1953 celebrating the bicentennial ofNassau Hall
New Light Presbyterians founded the College of New Jersey in 1746 in order to train ministers. The college was the educational and religious capital of Scots-Irish America. In 1754, trustees of the College of New Jersey suggested that, in recognition of Governor’s interest, Princeton should be named as Belcher College. Gov. Jonathan Belcher replied: “What a hell of a name that would be!” In 1756, the college moved to Princeton, New Jersey. Its home in Princeton was Nassau Hall, named for the royal House of Orange-Nassauof William III of England.
Following the untimely deaths of Princeton’s first five presidents, John Witherspoon became president in 1768 and remained in that office until his death in 1794. During his presidency, Witherspoon shifted the college’s focus from training ministers to preparing a new generation for leadership in the new American nation. To this end, he tightened academic standards and solicited investment in the college. Witherspoon’s presidency constituted a long period of stability for the college, interrupted by the American Revolution and particularly the Battle of Princeton, during which British soldiers briefly occupied Nassau Hall; American forces, led by George Washington, fired cannon on the building to rout them from it.
John Witherspoon, President of the College (1768-94), signer of theDeclaration of Independence
In 1812, the eighth president the College of New Jersey, Ashbel Green (1812–23), helped establish the Princeton Theological Seminary next door The plan to extend the theological curriculum met with “enthusiastic approval on the part of the authorities at the College of New Jersey” Today, Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary maintain separate institutions with ties that include services such as cross-registration and mutual library access.
Before the construction of Stanhope Hall in 1803, Nassau Hall was the college’s sole building. The cornerstone of the building was laid on September 17, 1754. During the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall, making Princeton the country’s capital for four months. Over the centuries and through two redesigns following major fires (1802 and 1855), Nassau Hall’s role shifted from an all-purpose building, comprising office, dormitory, library, and classroom space; to classroom space exclusively; to its present role as the administrative center of the University. The class of 1879 donated twin lion sculptures that flanked the entrance until 1911, when that same class replaced them with tigers. Nassau Hall’s bell rang after the hall’s construction; however, the fire of 1802 melted it. The bell was then recast and melted again in the fire of 1855
A Birds-eye view of campus in 1906
James McCosh took office as the college’s president in 1868 and lifted the institution out of a low period that had been brought about by the American Civil War. During his two decades of service, he overhauled the curriculum, oversaw an expansion of inquiry into the sciences, and supervised the addition of a number of buildings in the High Victorian Gothic style to the campus. McCosh Hall is named in his honor.
In 1879, the first thesis for a Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. was submitted by James F. Williamson, Class of 1877.
In 1896, the college officially changed its name from the College of New Jersey to Princeton University to honor the town in which it resides. During this year, the college also underwent large expansion and officially became a university. In 1900, the Graduate School was established.
In 1902, Woodrow Wilson, graduate of the Class of 1879, was elected the 13th president of the university. Under Wilson, Princeton introduced the preceptorial system in 1905, a then-unique concept in the US that augmented the standard lecture method of teaching with a more personal form in which small groups of students, or precepts, could interact with a single instructor, or preceptor, in their field of interest.
Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann at Princeton, 1938
In 1906, the reservoir Lake Carnegie was created by Andrew Carnegie A collection of historical photographs of the building of the lake is housed at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library on Princeton’s campus. On October 2, 1913, the Princeton University Graduate College was dedicated. In 1919 the School of Architecture was established In 1933, Albert Einstein became a lifetime member of the Institute for Advanced Study with an office on the Princeton campus. While always independent of the university, the Institute for Advanced Study occupied offices in Jones Hall for 6 years, from its opening in 1933, until their own campus was finished and opened in 1939. This helped start an incorrect impression that it was part of the university, one that has never been completely eradicated.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a nationally and internationally renowned Ivy League institution with a long history of academic excellence. Established in 1636, the university is also the oldest institution of higher learning in the nation. Harvard’s 20,000 students include undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. These students are known for being some of the best and brightest from the U.S. and around the world, and have gone on to become heads of state in their various countries (including the President of the United States); chief justices; researchers; humanitarians and activists; distinguished authors, actors, directors, and musicians; Academy Award and Oscar winners; and more. The university’s faculty are also distinguished, with 44 current and former faculty members being Nobel laureates and many faculty members earning the Pulitzer Prize over the years in categories like nonfiction, fiction, poetry, history, and biography. Finally, Harvard continues to top rankings lists in the U.S. and internationally.
Programs
Harvard offers of programs through its schools of business, design, public health, government, education, divinity, law, medicine, dentistry, engineering and applied sciences, and more. Undergraduate degree programs are diverse, and include chemical and physical biology, environmental science and public policy, folklore and mythology, religion, social studies, and more. Harvard Business School offers a well-regarded two-year residential MBA program, more than 80 executive education programs, and eight full-time doctoral programs that lead to either a Doctor of Business Administration Through Harvard Extension School, the university offers evening and online classes that are designed to meet the needs of adult students, as well as degrees and professional certificates that blend on-campus and online course requirements. These online programs include an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts, as well as master’s degrees in biotechnology, information technology, journalism, various liberal arts, management, mathematics for teaching, museum studies, and sustainability and environmental management.
Harvard University has been regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education since 1929. The university also holds specialized accreditation for specific programs from the following American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation; American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation; Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools; Council on Education for Public Health; and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.''''
Admissions
Admission to Harvard is competitive, and the university is highly selective. Most students admitted to Harvard College’s undergraduate program are in the top 10% to 15% of their high school classes and have taken the most rigorous high school curriculum that they could. When prospective students apply, they can select either early action or regular action. Applicants must submit their application; the Harvard Supplement; official SAT or ACT with writing, and two SAT subject tests; application fee or waiver; secondary school report and mid-year school report; and two teacher evaluations. Students are advised to include portfolios or supplementary materials only if they have unusual talent. Applicants to Harvard’s graduate programs must meet the individual admissions requirements established by the department that offers the particular degree program sought.'''''''
College Majors
Architecture & Related Programs
Architecture B
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
African Studies B
African-American Studies B
Arts, Visual & Performing
Art – General B
Art History/Criticism/Conservation B
Arts – General B
Arts Management B
Dance B
Design/Visual Communications B
Interior Design B
Jazz Studies B
Music – Piano/Organ B
Music – Voice/Opera B
Music Conducting B
Music History/Literature B
Music Management/Merchandising B
Music Theory/Composition B
Theater Design/Stagecraft B
Theater Literature/History/Criticism B
Theater Arts Management B
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biology B
Business, Management, & Marketing
Accounting B
Business Administration/Management B
Fashion Merchandising B
Finance/Banking B
Hospitality Administration/Management B
Hospitality/Recreation Marketing B
Insurance/Risk Management B
International Business B
Management Information Systems B
Marketing Research B
Communications & Journalism
Broadcast Journalism B
Communications/Rhetoric B
Journalism B
Radio/Television B
Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Systems Analysis B
Computer/Systems Security C
Information Sciences/Systems B
Education
Art Teacher Education B
English Teacher Education B
Health Teacher Education B
Music Teacher Education B
Physical Education B
Engineering
Chemical Engineering B
Civil Engineering B
Computer Engineering – General B
Electrical/Communications Engineering B
Mechanical Engineering B
Systems Engineering B
English Language & Literature
English Language & Literature – General B
Foreign Language & Literature
Classics B
French B
German B
Greek, Ancient B
Greek, Modern B
Russian B
Spanish B
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Science B
Dental Hygiene C
Medical Radiologic Technology B
Music Therapy B
Physician Assistance B
Recreational Therapy B
History
History – General B
Mathematics
Mathematics – General B
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Nutrition Sciences B
Parks, Recreation & Fitness
Parks, Recreation & Fitness – General B
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy B
Physical Sciences
Chemistry B
Physics B
Psychology
Psychology – General B
Social Sciences
Anthropology B
Economics B,C
Political Science/Government B
Sociology B Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
A = Associate degree
B = Bachelor’s degree
C = Certificate or diploma
*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.
Programs
Harvard offers of programs through its schools of business, design, public health, government, education, divinity, law, medicine, dentistry, engineering and applied sciences, and more. Undergraduate degree programs are diverse, and include chemical and physical biology, environmental science and public policy, folklore and mythology, religion, social studies, and more. Harvard Business School offers a well-regarded two-year residential MBA program, more than 80 executive education programs, and eight full-time doctoral programs that lead to either a Doctor of Business Administration Through Harvard Extension School, the university offers evening and online classes that are designed to meet the needs of adult students, as well as degrees and professional certificates that blend on-campus and online course requirements. These online programs include an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts, as well as master’s degrees in biotechnology, information technology, journalism, various liberal arts, management, mathematics for teaching, museum studies, and sustainability and environmental management.
Harvard University has been regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education since 1929. The university also holds specialized accreditation for specific programs from the following American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation; American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation; Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools; Council on Education for Public Health; and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.''''
Admissions
Admission to Harvard is competitive, and the university is highly selective. Most students admitted to Harvard College’s undergraduate program are in the top 10% to 15% of their high school classes and have taken the most rigorous high school curriculum that they could. When prospective students apply, they can select either early action or regular action. Applicants must submit their application; the Harvard Supplement; official SAT or ACT with writing, and two SAT subject tests; application fee or waiver; secondary school report and mid-year school report; and two teacher evaluations. Students are advised to include portfolios or supplementary materials only if they have unusual talent. Applicants to Harvard’s graduate programs must meet the individual admissions requirements established by the department that offers the particular degree program sought.'''''''
College Majors
Architecture & Related Programs
Architecture B
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
African Studies B
African-American Studies B
Arts, Visual & Performing
Art – General B
Art History/Criticism/Conservation B
Arts – General B
Arts Management B
Dance B
Design/Visual Communications B
Interior Design B
Jazz Studies B
Music – Piano/Organ B
Music – Voice/Opera B
Music Conducting B
Music History/Literature B
Music Management/Merchandising B
Music Theory/Composition B
Theater Design/Stagecraft B
Theater Literature/History/Criticism B
Theater Arts Management B
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biology B
Business, Management, & Marketing
Accounting B
Business Administration/Management B
Fashion Merchandising B
Finance/Banking B
Hospitality Administration/Management B
Hospitality/Recreation Marketing B
Insurance/Risk Management B
International Business B
Management Information Systems B
Marketing Research B
Communications & Journalism
Broadcast Journalism B
Communications/Rhetoric B
Journalism B
Radio/Television B
Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Systems Analysis B
Computer/Systems Security C
Information Sciences/Systems B
Education
Art Teacher Education B
English Teacher Education B
Health Teacher Education B
Music Teacher Education B
Physical Education B
Engineering
Chemical Engineering B
Civil Engineering B
Computer Engineering – General B
Electrical/Communications Engineering B
Mechanical Engineering B
Systems Engineering B
English Language & Literature
English Language & Literature – General B
Foreign Language & Literature
Classics B
French B
German B
Greek, Ancient B
Greek, Modern B
Russian B
Spanish B
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Science B
Dental Hygiene C
Medical Radiologic Technology B
Music Therapy B
Physician Assistance B
Recreational Therapy B
History
History – General B
Mathematics
Mathematics – General B
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Nutrition Sciences B
Parks, Recreation & Fitness
Parks, Recreation & Fitness – General B
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy B
Physical Sciences
Chemistry B
Physics B
Psychology
Psychology – General B
Social Sciences
Anthropology B
Economics B,C
Political Science/Government B
Sociology B Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
A = Associate degree
B = Bachelor’s degree
C = Certificate or diploma
*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.
Columbia University
Founded in 1754, Columbia University is the oldest higher education institution in the state of New York. Though Columbia had a humble beginning, it expanded rapidly, and in 1767, became the first school in America to grant MD degrees. Today, Columbia is a large university that offers a variety of programs. There are three undergraduate schools Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of General Studies which grant bachelor’s degrees to students, as well as multiple areas of graduate study. lists Columbia as ranking number four for national universities in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges. Columbia is also in charge of administering the Pulitzer Prize and has produced 79 Nobel Prize winners, a number that includes alumni, faculty, and staff.
Programs--
Undergraduates enrolled at Columbia University can pursue degrees in liberal arts, engineering, applied science, and general studies. Graduate students have a wider variety of options, and can earn either a master’s or doctorate degree in a variety of areas, like health and nursing, law, teaching, public affairs, and the arts. Columbia also has a medical school that grants MD degrees. According to U.S. News and Report, the most popular majors for 2010 graduates from Columbia were social sciences, engineering, biological and biomedical sciences, history, and English.
Accreditation-
Since Columbia was first recognized in 1921, it has been consistently accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Many of Columbia’s programs are individually accredited as well. For instance, Columbia’s law school is accredited by the American Bar Association and its medicine programs are accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. To see a full list of accredited programs, visit .
Admissions-
As Columbia is considered an Ivy League university, there is fierce competition for admission into the school. Application deadlines are dependent upon degree level, though first-time students are held to a January deadline. To narrow down prospective students, Columbia has a strict list of criteria for admissions. Specific department requirements vary based on the school of learning; however, there are basic requirements that are universal.
All undergraduate students must submit biographical information, an application fee, SAT or ACT scores, SAT subject test scores, and two teacher recommendations. Most majors have supplemental requirements, usually in the form of additional essays and/or short answers. Some programs require interviews after the initial assessment is completed. Columbia considers their admissions process to be “holistic,” taking all of these elements of the application into consideration prior to admitting or rejecting a student. Nevertheless, due to the competition for acceptance, the higher your high school GPA and test scores, the more likely you are to be admitted.
Graduate students must have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and must submit an application fee, a resume or curriculum vitae, a writing sample, a statement of purpose, three recommendation letters, and exam scores. Most graduate students have a bachelor GPA of at least 3.6. There is no minimum for scores, though most enrolled students had scores in the upper percentiles. Graduate admissions have even fiercer competition, as spots are extremely limited.
Programs--
Undergraduates enrolled at Columbia University can pursue degrees in liberal arts, engineering, applied science, and general studies. Graduate students have a wider variety of options, and can earn either a master’s or doctorate degree in a variety of areas, like health and nursing, law, teaching, public affairs, and the arts. Columbia also has a medical school that grants MD degrees. According to U.S. News and Report, the most popular majors for 2010 graduates from Columbia were social sciences, engineering, biological and biomedical sciences, history, and English.
Accreditation-
Since Columbia was first recognized in 1921, it has been consistently accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Many of Columbia’s programs are individually accredited as well. For instance, Columbia’s law school is accredited by the American Bar Association and its medicine programs are accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. To see a full list of accredited programs, visit .
Admissions-
As Columbia is considered an Ivy League university, there is fierce competition for admission into the school. Application deadlines are dependent upon degree level, though first-time students are held to a January deadline. To narrow down prospective students, Columbia has a strict list of criteria for admissions. Specific department requirements vary based on the school of learning; however, there are basic requirements that are universal.
All undergraduate students must submit biographical information, an application fee, SAT or ACT scores, SAT subject test scores, and two teacher recommendations. Most majors have supplemental requirements, usually in the form of additional essays and/or short answers. Some programs require interviews after the initial assessment is completed. Columbia considers their admissions process to be “holistic,” taking all of these elements of the application into consideration prior to admitting or rejecting a student. Nevertheless, due to the competition for acceptance, the higher your high school GPA and test scores, the more likely you are to be admitted.
Graduate students must have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and must submit an application fee, a resume or curriculum vitae, a writing sample, a statement of purpose, three recommendation letters, and exam scores. Most graduate students have a bachelor GPA of at least 3.6. There is no minimum for scores, though most enrolled students had scores in the upper percentiles. Graduate admissions have even fiercer competition, as spots are extremely limited.
Oxford University
The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford,England, United Kingdom. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second-oldest surviving university. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.[1] After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled northeast to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two “ancient universities” are frequently jointly referred to as “Oxbridge“.
The university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions as part of the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities Being a city university, it does not have a main campus; instead, all the buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the self-governing colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments.
Oxford is the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scholarships, which has brought graduate students to study at the university for more than a century. The university operates the world’s oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system in Britain Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 27 Nobel laureates, 26 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and many foreign heads of state.
History
Founding
Balliol College – one of the university’s oldest constituent colleges
The University of Oxford has no known foundation date. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form as early as 1096, but it is unclear when a university came into being. It grew quickly in 1167 when English students returned from the University of Paris.[1] The historianGerald of Wales lectured to such scholars in 1188 and the first known foreign scholar, Emo of Friesland, arrived in 1190. The head of the university was named a chancellor from at least 1201 and the masters were recognised as a universitas or corporation in 1231. The university was granted a royal charter in 1248 during the reign of King Henry III.
After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled from the violence to Cambridge, later forming theUniversity of Cambridge.
Aerial view of Merton College‘s Mob Quad, the oldest quadrangle of the university, constructed in the years from 1288 to 1378
The students associated together on the basis of geographical origins, into two “nations“, representing the North (Northern or Boreales, which included the English people north of the River Trent and the Scots) and the South (Southern or Australes, which included English people south of the Trent, the Irish and the Welsh). In later centuries, geographical origins continued to influence many students’ affiliations when membership of a college or hall became customary in Oxford. In addition to this, members of many religious orders, including Dominicans,Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, settled in Oxford in the mid-13th century, gained influence and maintained houses or halls for students. At about the same time, private benefactors established colleges to serve as self-contained scholarly communities. Among the earliest such founders were William of Durham, who in 1249 endowed University College, and John Balliol, father of a future King of Scots; Balliol College bears his name. Another founder, Walter de Merton, a Lord Chancellor of England and afterwards Bishop of Rochester, devised a series of regulations for college life; Merton College thereby became the model for such establishments at Oxford, as well as at the University of Cambridge. Thereafter, an increasing number of students forsook living in halls and religious houses in favour of living in colleges
In 1333–34, an attempt by some dissatisfied Oxford scholars to found a new university at Stamford, Lincolnshire was blocked by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge petitioning King Edward III Thereafter, until the 1820s, no new universities were allowed to be founded in England, even in London; thus, Oxford and Cambridge had a duopoly, which was unusual in western European countries.
The university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges and a full range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. All the colleges are self-governing institutions as part of the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities Being a city university, it does not have a main campus; instead, all the buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the self-governing colleges and halls, supported by classes, lectures and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments.
Oxford is the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scholarships, which has brought graduate students to study at the university for more than a century. The university operates the world’s oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system in Britain Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 27 Nobel laureates, 26 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and many foreign heads of state.
History
Founding
Balliol College – one of the university’s oldest constituent colleges
The University of Oxford has no known foundation date. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form as early as 1096, but it is unclear when a university came into being. It grew quickly in 1167 when English students returned from the University of Paris.[1] The historianGerald of Wales lectured to such scholars in 1188 and the first known foreign scholar, Emo of Friesland, arrived in 1190. The head of the university was named a chancellor from at least 1201 and the masters were recognised as a universitas or corporation in 1231. The university was granted a royal charter in 1248 during the reign of King Henry III.
After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled from the violence to Cambridge, later forming theUniversity of Cambridge.
Aerial view of Merton College‘s Mob Quad, the oldest quadrangle of the university, constructed in the years from 1288 to 1378
The students associated together on the basis of geographical origins, into two “nations“, representing the North (Northern or Boreales, which included the English people north of the River Trent and the Scots) and the South (Southern or Australes, which included English people south of the Trent, the Irish and the Welsh). In later centuries, geographical origins continued to influence many students’ affiliations when membership of a college or hall became customary in Oxford. In addition to this, members of many religious orders, including Dominicans,Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, settled in Oxford in the mid-13th century, gained influence and maintained houses or halls for students. At about the same time, private benefactors established colleges to serve as self-contained scholarly communities. Among the earliest such founders were William of Durham, who in 1249 endowed University College, and John Balliol, father of a future King of Scots; Balliol College bears his name. Another founder, Walter de Merton, a Lord Chancellor of England and afterwards Bishop of Rochester, devised a series of regulations for college life; Merton College thereby became the model for such establishments at Oxford, as well as at the University of Cambridge. Thereafter, an increasing number of students forsook living in halls and religious houses in favour of living in colleges
In 1333–34, an attempt by some dissatisfied Oxford scholars to found a new university at Stamford, Lincolnshire was blocked by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge petitioning King Edward III Thereafter, until the 1820s, no new universities were allowed to be founded in England, even in London; thus, Oxford and Cambridge had a duopoly, which was unusual in western European countries.
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