Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover,New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock,it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although originally established to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life,the university primarily trained Congregationalist ministers during its early history before it gradually secularized. Emerging into national prominence at the turn of the 20th century,Dartmouth was considered to be the most prestigious undergraduate college in the United States in the early 1900s. While Dartmouth is now a research university rather than simply an undergraduate college,it continues to go by "Dartmouth College" to emphasize its focus on undergraduate education.
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university,founded on March 19,1907,and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the provincial legislature in 1907. It established the provincial university on March 19,1907 "for the purpose of providing facilities for higher education in all its branches and enabling all persons without regard to race,creed or religion to take the fullest advantage". The University of Saskatchewan is the largest education institution in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The University of Saskatchewan is one of Canada's top research universities and is a member of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities.
Wilmington College is a private college in Wilmington,Ohio. It was established by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1870 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The college is still Quaker-affiliated and has seven core Quaker values. In fall 2018,the college set an enrollment record,bringing in 450 new students for the academic year,totaling 1,103 students on Wilmington's main campus,and 139 students at Wilmington's two Cincinnati branches at Blue Ash and Cincinnati State.
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham,New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover and moved to Durham in 1893,and adopted its current name in 1923.
Teachers College,Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education of Columbia University,a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887,Teachers College has served as one of the official Faculties and the Department of Education of Columbia University since 1898. It is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.
Randolph–Macon College is a private liberal arts college in Ashland,Virginia. Founded in 1830,the college has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students. It is the second-oldest Methodist-run college in the country,and the oldest in continuous operation. The college primarily offers bachelor's degrees.
Franklin Pierce University is a private university in Rindge,New Hampshire. It was founded as Franklin Pierce College in 1962,combining a liberal arts foundation with coursework for professional preparation.
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is a private historically black university in Charlotte,North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The university awards Bachelor of Science,Bachelor of Arts,Bachelor of Social Work,and Master of Social Work degrees.
Henry Francis Pelham,FSA,FBA was an English scholar and historian. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 1889 to 1907,and was also President of Trinity College,Oxford,from 1897 to 1907.
Ada Lydia Howard was the first president of Wellesley College.
Rivier University is a private Catholic liberal arts university in Nashua,New Hampshire. Rivier is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and approved by the New Hampshire Department of Education.
Colby–Sawyer College is a private college in New London,New Hampshire. It was founded as a coeducational academy in 1837 and sits on a 200-acre (0.81 km2) campus.
Evelyn Erika Handler served from 1980 to 1983 as the University of New Hampshire's fourteenth,and first female,President. Handler was the first woman in the country to be named president of a publicly supported land grant university. She was credited with bringing in $15 million in federal grants for a science and engineering research center.
The University of Southern Mississippi is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg,Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's,master's,specialist,and doctoral degrees. The university is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
The City College of the City University of New York is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847,City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. It is the oldest of CUNY's 25 institutions of higher learning and is considered its flagship college.
Edward Thomson Fairchild was the third elected President of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Durham,New Hampshire from 1912 to January 23,1917,when he died in office at age 62. Prior to serving as President of New Hampshire College,Fairchild served as Kansas state superintendent of public instruction.
Hulme Hall is a traditional University of Manchester hall of residence situated at the Victoria Park Campus in Rusholme,Manchester,housing 300 students. It has a range of facilities including the John Hartshorne Centre:a 300 seat lecture theatre with attached seminar rooms;a library;Junior Common Room and study spaces;music room;old dining hall;the Victoria Park bar;and chapel.
Gordon Arthur Haaland was an American academic. He was the fifteenth President of the University of New Hampshire from 1984 to 1990,and of Gettysburg College from 1990 to 2004. He was an alumnus of Wheaton College and the State University of New York at Buffalo,earning a doctorate degree in social psychology at the latter.
Harold Walter Stoke was an American college president. Stoke was President of University of New Hampshire,Louisiana State University,and Queens College in New York. Stoke was a trained historian and political scientist. In 1958,He wrote about the principles of college and university administration in "The American college president" published by Harper.
Fred Engelhardt was an American college president. Engelhardt was the sixth president of the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1944. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. In 1908,Engelhardt went on to Yale and received a bachelor's degree in physics. Engelhardt then received an M.A. (1915) and a Ph.D. (1924) from Columbia University.
