The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Established in 1861,MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.
The University of Massachusetts Boston is a public US-based research university. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system.
The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system in Hawaiʻi. The system confers associate,bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees through three universities,seven community colleges,an employment training center,three university centers,four education centers,and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii in the United States.
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill,Massachusetts. Founded in 1863,the university has more than 15,000 total students. Although Boston College is classified as a research university,it still uses the word "college" in its name to reflect its historical position as a small liberal arts college.
The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes six campuses,a satellite campus in Springfield and also 25 campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts Global.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public research university in Lowell,Massachusetts,with a satellite campus in Haverhill,Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public university system and has been accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) since 1975. With 1,110 faculty members and over 18,000 students,it is the largest university in the Merrimack Valley and the second-largest public institution in the state. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston,Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College,a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934,HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed as the University of Houston. In 1977,it became the founding member of the University of Houston System. Today,Houston is the fourth-largest university in Texas,awarding 11,156 degrees in 2023. As of 2024,it has a worldwide alumni base of 331,672.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa,Honolulu,on the island of Oahu,Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley,with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park.
Boston College High School is an all-male,Jesuit,Catholic college-preparatory day school in the Columbia Point neighborhood of Dorchester,Boston,Massachusetts. It educates approximately 1,400 students in grades 7–12. Founded in 1863 as a constituent part of Boston College,the school separated from the college in 1927.
The University of Houston System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas,comprising four separate and distinct universities. It also owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station (KUHT) and a public radio station (KUHF).
Framingham State University(Framingham State or FSU) is a public university in Framingham,Massachusetts. The university,then known as the Normal School in Lexington was founded in 1839 as the first state-supported normal school in the United States before becoming a full-fledged university. It offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate programs,including MBA,MEd,and MS.
The University of Massachusetts School of Law is a public law school in Dartmouth,Massachusetts. The only public law school in Massachusetts,it is the successor to Southern New England School of Law,a private law school that donated its campus and its assets to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and part of the University of Massachusetts system.
The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private,Christian college in Quincy,Massachusetts. Established as a holiness college in Quincy,Massachusetts,in 1900,the college moved to Rhode Island for several years. With its expansion to a four-year curriculum,it relocated to Wollaston Park in 1919. It has expanded to additional sites in Quincy and,since the late 20th century,to satellite sites across the state. Its academic programs are primarily undergraduate,with some professional graduate education offered.
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Wheelock College was a private college in Boston,Massachusetts,United States. The college was founded in 1888 as the Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School and was merged into Boston University as part of the university's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development in 2018.
Middlesex Community College is a public community college with two campuses in Massachusetts,one in Lowell and the other in Bedford.
Robert Laurent Caret is an American academic and university administrator. He is the former chancellor of the University System of Maryland and former president of San JoséState University,Towson University and the University of Massachusetts System.
Nicola Dickson "Niki" Tsongas is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 2007 to 2019. She held the seat formerly held by her husband,the late Paul Tsongas,for the district numbered as Massachusetts's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013 and as Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2017 Tsongas announced that she would not seek another term in the November 2018 election.
The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Massachusetts,concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat,and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
John Hanson Twombly was a Methodist minister and the fourth president of the University of Wisconsin. He was known as an advocate for co-education and women's education,which led to tensions with the university regents and,ultimately,his ouster.
